Training its sights on costs - The Strategic Rail Authority is picking up the pieces of the botched privatisation of British Rail. But it is facing the challenge of soaring costs and a shrinking budget

A standard issue - Council tenants' reluctance to embrace transfers to housing associations has put a hurdle in the government's path to meeting the decent homes standard

Smulian, Mark, (2003)

Prefabs sprout - Not a 1980s band but a growing trend in public sector construction. Prefabs are no longer put-you-up sheds but ready-made schools, hospitals and homes

Smulian, Mark, (2002)

Renewal for all regions - The only hope for blighted areas is a large investment in housing, and it seems the chancellor is listening

Smulian, Mark, (2002)