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Maybe it says something about the limits of Bradley Tusk’s argument that the old political gatekeepers (newspaper columnists very much included) are basically dead wood just one good whack or gust from collapsing that he spent an hour on the phone Thursday making that case to this columnist. Or maybe not.

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Incentivising “right-sizing” in retirement pivotal to addressing housing crisis Credit: Legal & General Chair of the Affordable Housing Commission Lord Best has said policies are needed to break the “cultural reticence” towards later life downsizing if the UK is to address its housing crisis. Speaking at a virtual panel hosted by Legal & General, Lord Best, a crossbench member of the House of Lords said government had to incentivise the elder generation to “right size”, so as to fr...