Labour vows renters will be better off – but campaigners demand more detail
Labour has vowed to improve conditions for Britain’s renters and promised they will be “better off under Labour”,…
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Interview: Is Andrew Western parliament’s most YIMBY politician?
Andrew Western has a good claim to being the Parliamentary Labour Party’s most committed YIMBY. LabourList talks housing,…
Labour to slash ‘affordable’ rents and give first-time buyer ‘dibs’ on homes
Lucy Powell is expected to use a speech on Sunday at Labour’s annual conference to unveil plans to…
Government fails to bring forward evictions legislation ahead of ban lifting
The government has ignored calls from Labour, local councils and charities and failed to bring forward new legislation…
81% in favour of Covid-19 rent or mortgage suspensions, new poll finds
81% of the British public are in favour of people being able to suspend rent or mortgage payments…
Clive Lewis pledges support for Covid-19 rent strikes
Clive Lewis has declared that he will be supporting rent strikes by those unable to pay for coronavirus-related…
The Tory housing crisis and Grenfell ‘spin’ shame
Sign up to LabourList’s morning email for everything Labour, every weekday morning. This is what the Tory housing…
Glenys Thornton: Back the bill to stop renters being punished for being poor
It shouldn’t cost more to be poor. But it does. The poverty premium means poorer people end up…
Neil Coyle: Universal credit chaos shows why Britain needs a “help to rent” project
For homeless people, or anyone on the brink of homelessness, life is a daily struggle and after years…
Labour should impose rent controls on university accommodation – and hoover up more of the student vote
Labour’s popular manifesto, coupled with chants of “Oh, Jeremy Corbyn”, seems to have won the hearts and minds…
