“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…
Housing policy
Minister admits Boris Johnson’s housing policy will not help “most” people
Lisa Nandy has declared that “far more ambition” is needed to tackle the UK’s housing crisis after a…
Solving the UK’s housing crisis starts with empowering our local authorities
Want. Disease. Ignorance. Squalor. Idleness. Those were the five evils that the 1942 Beveridge Report set out to…
Debbonaire’s local party urges Labour to adopt more radical housing policy
The local party of Shadow Housing Secretary Thangam Debbonaire has passed a motion urging Labour to adopt a…
Another future is possible… but not inevitable
The row over Labour’s coronavirus housing policy for renters has blown up again. In a Young Fabians event…
‘Cancel the rent’ policy would be “un-Labour”, says Debbonaire
A ‘cancel the rent’ policy would be “un-Labour” and “really regressive”, Shadow Housing Secretary Thangam Debbonaire has said…
“Cancel the rent,” over 4,000 Labour members tell Starmer in backlash over new policy
Over 4,000 Labour members have signed an open letter calling on Keir Starmer to “cancel the rent” in…
Philip Glanville: Scrapping the HRA cap is a win for Labour – but not a silver bullet for the housing crisis
Brexit infighting, no new policy ideas and announcements stolen straight from Labour’s manifesto, Tory conference was a good…
Melanie Onn: The Tories aren’t interested in helping private renters
It is anticipated that there will be five million people in the private rented sector by 2022, a…
Shelly Asquith: Labour should promise to scrap Section 21 evictions
Labour is currently consulting on new policies as part of its 2018 ‘Policy Commission’. The NEC has assigned…
