Letters to the Editor – week ending 15 March 2026
Read what people have been writing to our editor about this week. Find out how to share your…
affordable housing
‘To tackle the housing crisis, the Treasury must rethink how it values social housing investment’
The task of starting to fundamentally get to grips with the crisis in escalating housing needs begins and…
Letters to the Editor – week ending 8 March 2026
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‘Labour has a strong story to tell about its progress on tackling hunger & hardship’
How has 2026 begun for the Labour government? With jaw-dropping international news, dire polls and deep public distrust…
‘Protest politics is failing London – Labour is not’
Somewhere in Lewisham this morning, a child woke up in temporary accommodation. They got ready for school in…
Labour manifesto housing, rent and property policies – at a glance
Labour has already pledged to select the sites for a series of new towns by the end of…
Labour unveils new housing policy with ‘Freedom to Buy’ scheme offering permanent mortgage guarantees
Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner are calling Labour the “party of homeownership” as they pledge to permanently sustain…
“Shameful” for ministers to break pledge to ban no-fault evictions, Nandy says
Lisa Nandy has said it would be “shameful” for the government to break its manifesto pledge to ban…
Ambitious community housing is a cure for crime and a reward for aspiration
High quality, pride-worthy and affordable housing must be a fundamental objective for our government, community leaders and social…
The Conservatives have form, and cannot be trusted on council housing
Call me cynical, but Michael Gove announcing an “explosion” in new council housing less than three weeks before…
