Comment Homes for the people, by the people After work, housing is the second question Labour needs to address if it forms a government next week,… Jon Wilson 17th April, 2015, 10:12 am
News Nearly half of the public think the Conservatives’ attacks on Miliband prove they’re the ‘nasty party’, poll finds Nearly half of the public think that the Conservatives’ attacks on Ed Miliband have proven that they’re the… 15th April, 2015, 10:05 am
Comment The Tories’ latest “right to buy” plan will make the housing crisis worse – because it’s about votes not homes Britain is facing a housing crisis. Nine million people are trapped in increasingly unaffordable private rented accommodation. The price… Mark Ferguson 14th April, 2015, 9:12 am
News Tory PPCs don’t think impact of cuts, housing or inequality are important So this morning Ipsos-Mori did a pre-election briefing on what PPCs from different parties think. This image –… 10th April, 2015, 10:15 am
News Miliband announces plans for £5 billion housing fund to kickstart home building Speaking at a rally in Warrington, Ed Miliband will today announce plans for a £5 billion housing fund… 4th April, 2015, 12:01 am
News Only one-third of people support Tories’ right-to-buy proposals Only one-third of people support the Tories’ latest right-to-buy proposals, a poll has found. YouGov have done polling… 31st March, 2015, 11:07 am
Comment Today’s Budget continues this Government’s abominable record on housing Today’s budget saw a buoyant George Osborne paint a rosy picture of rising living standards and a recovering… Katharine Sacks-Jones 18th March, 2015, 3:59 pm
News Lammy calls for new generation of council houses to fix crisis London Mayoral hopeful David Lammy has called for reassessments of greenbelt areas for potential development, a large increase… 10th March, 2015, 3:28 pm
News Labour will recapture the post-war spirit for building new homes, Reynolds will announce Emma Reynolds, Shadow Housing Minister, will today explain Labour’s housing policy. At the the Annual Sir Frederic Osborn… 10th March, 2015, 7:32 am
Comment Call on all Labour candidates to take local health and wellbeing boards to task over cold homes For years fuel poverty campaigners have been calling on politicians to recognise the affects of cold and damp… Hugh Goulbourne 5th March, 2015, 2:17 pm