A lack of diversity in local government? Not in my back yard
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Housing
The crisis on our doorstep – our national homelessness shame
At the back end of a cold winter, the UK has witnessed the savage effects of what should…
A Tale of Two Cities
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Neil Coyle: Remember what Tony Benn taught us – Labour needs two wings to fly
Pic: Tony Benn with Jon Lansman, later founder of Momentum, in the 1980s. The last few weeks have…
Tom Copley: Tory ministers behind the curve on regulating Airbnb economy
The huge growth in the sharing economy has caught the government on the back foot and radically transformed…
Labour councils are reinventing municipal socialism and trying to hold back austerity
If we are to prepare for power nationally then we should do more to crowdsource solutions to modern…
Exclusive: I didn’t quit over plan to hike council tax, says Chris Williamson
Chris Williamson has denied he was forced to quit Labour’s frontbench over his controversial plan to raise council…
Joe Anderson: Housing is too important to leave to the iniquities of the free market
It’s hardly surprising that for the first time since the slum clearances in the 1950s and 1960s, there…
PMQs verdict: Corbyn lands his core arguments on Christmas housing crisis
As Brexit hangs over the day, this was a traditional tussle on domestic policy between Jeremy Corbyn and…
The long read: Labour leavers and remainers must make common cause against raw capitalism of the hard-right
The Conservative government clings to office. It has no strategic view of the country’s future. It appears incapable…
