The Tories have failed to cut the housing benefit bill – Labour should commit to doing so
As Liam Byrne has pointed out, we need to build more houses. It would be fair to say…
Housing
A victory for common sense
Ever since moving my amendment to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill to require letting agents to belong…
Labour must exploit the Conservatives’ Housing Weakness to the Full
Back when I was still a student in India during the 1980’s, I was astonished to learn about…
The Bedroom Tax isn’t funny – and we’re not April Fools
The country is in the grip of a housing crisis. Raising the deposit for a mortgage to buy…
Ed Miliband interview: Part one – on immigration, tuition fees, housing, Lord Ahmed and much more
On Thursday I travelled with Ed Miliband and his community organising “guru” Arnie Graf to Carlisle and Preston…
Budget 2013: A missed opportunity on housing
Given that the UK economy is in its longest downturn for 100 years, we desperately need growth, and…
Quote of the day: No spare bedrooms for the poor – spare homes for the rich
Ed Balls hits back at plans to allow second home owners to take part in the government’s mortgage scheme…
Osborne’s Construction failure (and the Housing solution)
Today’s budget was nothing short of a humiliation for George Osborne. Growth continues to flat-line, borrowing is rocketing…
Miliband calls for Tax transparency on Scandinavian trip – Media and blog round up: February 19th 2013
Subscribers to our morning email get the best of LabourList – including the Media and blog round up…
Boris goes on Mansion Tax rant – but he doesn’t know who the Housing Minister is
In Boris Johnson’s latest Telegraph column, the Mayor of London has gone off on something of a rant…
