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Paul Wheeler

Paul Wheeler

Paul Wheeler is director of the Political Skills Forum and writes on local politics

Articles by Paul Wheeler

Private leaseholders need assurance over Grenfell cladding

By Paul Wheeler | 24 July 2018

Leaseholders are enduring a miserable existence with properties rendered worthless because they h...

Are council leaders the new football managers?

By Paul Wheeler | 27 June 2018

Paul Wheeler says we need an honest debate about how local political leadership can survive and p...

Whatever happened to Homes fit for Heroes 100 years on?

By Paul Wheeler | 29 May 2018

Up until the 70s, people who worked hard but earned little could afford a place to live. Paul Whe...

Local elections: a snapshot of public opinion?

By Paul Wheeler | 08 May 2018

Paul Wheeler breaks down the local election results.

We must protect rights as well as promote equality

By Paul Wheeler | 25 April 2018

The gender self-identification debate could pose a problem for safe spaces such as women's refuge...

The governance of housing associations is opaque and resistant to public opinion

By Paul Wheeler | 07 March 2018

As councils have been written out of the script, Paul Wheeler looks at how housing associations h...

Fund the biggest pressures nationally and the rest through a progressive local tax

By Paul Wheeler | 06 February 2018

It is time we broke our fixation with Brexit and focused on issues of real concern, writes Paul W...

Voting system could become the silent assassin of chief executives

By Paul Wheeler | 09 January 2018

Paul Wheeler explains how a voting system that is becoming increasingly dangerous for returning o...

We don't need anymore regional talking shops

By Paul Wheeler | 07 November 2017

Paul Wheeler argues against the creation of new national institutions to solve problems.

Councils will have to pick up pieces when music stops

By Paul Wheeler | 20 September 2017

Paul Wheeler says councils must start planning to fix the dysfunctional housing market.