Andrew Ground

Now starting up Tutorfair. Have worked at Lovefilm, Homeserve, Sainsbury's, LEK and P&G. Studied at Cambridge.

[Ben Hopkinson @Ben_A_Hopkinson]

Housebuilding in London faces its strongest headwinds since the Second World War.

Starts are down to just 4,170 a year, while nearly 100,000 people moved to London last year.

London has not got close to the Labour Government's target of 88,000 new homes a year since the 1930s.

As a result, only the richest households can even afford the cheapest homes and the median household cannot afford any house, without a hefty inheritance.

London residents are also the most supportive of building new homes in their local area (59% in favour versus 14% against).

And if we got London building homes again, the UK economy would grow by tens of billions a year.

For all these reasons and more, we desperately need to build more homes in London. My new report, jointly written with @LRFredricks and with forewords from @JamesCleverly and @policylaila lays out how a future Mayor and Housing Secretary can build the homes London needs. We just need to:🧵

[Robert Colvile @rcolvile]

The irony of Burnham's bollocks about Right to Buy and council housing is that the secret of Manchester's housing success was literally the exact opposite - prioritising maximum private building over number of subsidised units. Here's (Labour) council leader Richard Leese.

[Matt Ridley @mattwridley]

250 years ago today Adam Smith gave the world a fantastic insight.

That order, cooperation and prosperity are not ordered from above by priests or chiefs but emerge from the social interactions of ordinary people.

It’s the most revolutionary and benign idea ever proposed.

[Andrew Ground @AndrewGround]

Great article about Hammersmith Bridge

To rebuild Britain we should start with Hammersmith Bridge https://t.co/c4tvfPIQ9i

[Chris Rose @ArchRose90]

Update: Rishi didn’t lie, you did.

[Sam Dumitriu @Sam_Dumitriu]

London is one of the world's most expensive cities.

The market is crying out for more housing, but supply has ground to a halt due to a broken Building Safety Regulator and excessive affordable housing mandates.

This is a colossal policy failure.

[Andrew Ground @AndrewGround]

@ConservativePF @msaikarthik @JohnPenroseNews @JulianEllacott Exciting role Sai - sure you will do great things.

[Mastering Life Path @Mastering_life_]

2. “When you want to help people, you tell them the truth.

When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.”

• Modern-day politics is full of people repeating what we want to hear while doing nothing

• Truth: we need action, not nice words.

[Andrew Ground @AndrewGround]

Huh

[William Reeve @wreeve]

A rare, emotionally led, argument for Remain. Has stayed with me like few others. Thank you @margot_james_

[Andrew Walmsley @awalmsley]

I celebrated #NoBrexitDay today by walking in to a doctors surgery in Germany and getting free treatment on my EHIC card- another benefit of EU membership

[Theo Usherwood @theousherwood]

Glen, from Sidcup, has rung into @LBC.

He rejects the Government’s demands to get Brexit done.

“When my grandchildren ask me in ten years ‘why did you do this?’ I don’t want to reply ‘well, we got a little bit bored’.”

[Julia Macfarlane @juliamacfarlane]

Never steal from an Indonesian woman 😂

[Robert Colvile @rcolvile]

Today is climate strike day. Millions of people across the world, according to the organisers, will be marching to save the planet.

But having dug into what they're actually marching for, I'm profoundly uneasy. So uneasy, in fact, that it's time for a THREAD.

[William Reeve @wreeve]

Johnson and Cummings, both unelected officials, are definitely putting new meaning on 'take back control'

[Tutorfair @Tutorfair]

Tutorfair Co- Founder, @markmaclaine is currently working on his new book based on experiences he has gained over his many years of tutoring. In this chapter he looks at the way tutors can help encourage students to solve problems before teaching them. https://t.co/k57E3tVZ37

[William Reeve @wreeve]

Glad I'm out of the jester business...

[Andrew Ground @AndrewGround]

Nice article from @BenFletch - nTo make decisions fast, you need a culture of urgency...combine targets with measures that accelerate the speed of decision-making
https://t.co/YG8RRufj8L

[Tutorfair @Tutorfair]

Our co-founder and director of education @markmaclaine is being featured on the @BBCRadio4 ‘In Business’ program this evening at 8.30pm. Talking about education, tutoring and Tutorfair! https://t.co/cHoK16cfAL

[The Tutor Website @TheTutorWebsite]

We spoke to @markmaclaine and @AndrewGround, founders of @Tutorfair about their tutoring platform and the industry in general. https://t.co/QZxeBh687a #tutoring #tutors