Keir Starmer conference speech: Read full transcript as PM vows a ‘Britain built to last’
Thank you, Conference. And I do mean that from the bottom of my heart. Thank you Conference for…
Homelessness
‘Homelessness shames us all. Labour will act where the Tories have failed’
People sleeping on the streets are uppermost in our thoughts as Christmas approaches and temperatures plummet. It’s not…
‘The next Labour government is set to face a tsunami of homelessness’
If we are to win the next general election, the homelessness crisis will be a major problem for…
Council set to buy 300 ex-council homes for refugees and other homeless families
A Labour-run council in London is set to purchase more than 300 former council homes, in a move…
‘Labour will need a cross-government plan to tackle youth homelessness’
According to Centrepoint’s latest estimates, 129,000 young people approached their council for help to avoid becoming homeless last…
Labour urges government not to “stand idly by” as rough sleeping increases
Labour’s Paula Barker has urged ministers not to “stand idly by” while people are hit by a “toxic…
“Failing absolutely catastrophically”: Paula Barker on Tory housing policy
“We’ve had 12 years of a Conservative government who, quite frankly, are failing the people of this country…
Join us as we demand progressive policies to create a better future
This week, the Institute for Fiscal Studies found that young people are no longer able to rely on…
The clock is ticking: the Vagrancy Act must be denied its 200th anniversary
“An Act for the punishment of idle and disorderly persons, and rogues and vagabonds.” As pre-Victorian laws go,…
Give the Christmas gift of your Helping Hands to the hungry, homeless or lonely
This is an invite to a Christmas event – but not one from which you’ll walk away with…
