Comment Right to Buy will never be ‘sustainable’ – Labour must scrap the disastrous policy At the Labour Party conference in September, Lisa Nandy told a fringe meeting that Right to Buy (RTB)… Martin Wicks 4th December, 2022, 9:00 am
Comment Without ending Right to Buy, there can be no resolution to the housing crisis The Labour Campaign for Council Housing has produced a statement calling on Labour to commit to ending Right… Martin Wicks 15th November, 2022, 2:00 pm
Comment The death of Queen Elizabeth is being used to delegitimise republicanism You would imagine from the media saturation and the prostration of the politicians that it is not only… Martin Wicks 17th September, 2022, 6:00 pm
Comment As millions choose between heating and eating, the time for a rent freeze is now Whilst there has been much talk about the ‘cost-of-living crisis’ one of its key components, rent, has yet… Martin Wicks 8th August, 2022, 2:00 pm
Comment How Labour must hold the government’s feet to the fire on the housing crisis Speaking at the Labour Campaign for Council Housing fringe meeting at Labour conference, shadow housing minister Mike Amesbury… Martin Wicks 6th October, 2021, 3:42 pm
Comment Another U-turn is possible. Demand large-scale council house building now Hopes of a radical change in national housing policy appeared to be dashed by the election of the… Martin Wicks 6th October, 2020, 3:25 pm