The UK could rake in an extra £14.7bn every year by adopting US president Joe Biden’s ambitious tax proposal, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research today.
However, the majority of people (67 per cent) were not thinking of relocating. Demos said young adults, particularly those in their mid-20s with lower incomes, were the most likely to move as a result of the pandemic. Some students may have returned home from university prematurely, while young urban workers trying to start their careers were also affected. The Institute for Public Policy Research, a progressive think tank, said rising house prices overwhelmingly benefit existing homeowners, while widening social and economic inequalities. Jonathan Webb, IPPR senior research fellow, said: The UK’s chronic undersupply of housing means that when places become popular with home movers, house prices can inflate rapidly.
Stock image of people looking at houses for sale ONE in eight people in Reading East moved house because of the coronavirus pandemic, a survey suggests. Research by the think tank Demos asked 20,000 adults in parliamentary constituencies across Great Britain how the Covid-19 crisis had affected where they want to live. In Reading East, 12% of people surveyed in December said they had recently moved house or were planning on doing so for reasons related to the pandemic. Across Great Britain, 9% of survey respondents said the same. The Chartered Institute of Housing said many people have re-evaluated where and how they want to live, as lockdown highlighted the importance of affordable, well-located, good quality housing.
In Watford, 9% of people surveyed in December said they had recently moved house or were planning on doing so for reasons related to the pandemic Almost one in 10 people in Watford moved house because of the coronavirus pandemic, a survey suggests. Research by the think tank Demos asked 20,000 adults in parliamentary constituencies across Great Britain how the Covid-19 crisis had affected where they want to live. In Watford, 9% of people surveyed in December said they had recently moved house or were planning on doing so for reasons related to the pandemic. Across Great Britain, 9% of survey respondents also said the same.