The truth about affordability that politicians refuse to discuss

8th January 2026

Across the UK and beyond, politicians talk endlessly about affordability — yet nothing improves.

Why?

Because they are blaming inflation when the real issue is structural income extraction. Rent, mortgage interest, utilities, subscriptions, fees, and financial add-ons are permanently draining household income, leaving people with no real choice over how they live.

In this video, I explain how weakened regulation, captured competition policy, and financialisation created a system designed to extract income, and why mainstream politics refuses to confront it.

Affordability is collapsing by design. That is why politicians won't talk honestly about it.