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…
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May’s “British dream” simply shows she is sleeping through the housing crisis
In Theresa May’s address to the Conservative Party conference last week, the phrase “British Dream” cropped up a…
Tory dogma fuelled rough sleeping from Mrs T to Cameron – but Labour can help
After seven years of Tory failure, a change of direction in housing provision is desperately needed. Last week…
With Sadiq as mayor we have a chance on housing despite these out-of-touch Tory reforms, a Labour councillor writes
Sadiq Khan was the first London mayoral candidate to put housing at the front and centre of the…
Rachel Reeves: One thing stands out amid Chancellor’s chaotic cocktail of ideas: it’s time to dump the corporation tax cut
Philip Hammond’s warning of a Brexit “rollercoaster” ride was a clear admission of the uncertainty that Britain now…
Barry Gardiner: Labour’s new members will help us deliver victory and a cleaner, greener well-paid Britain
Jobs for wind turbine engineers and solar panel installers, electric bus and car mechanics. Jobs for fitters, joiners…
Ruth Cadbury: Tories ignore the need for social housing and switch money from the poor to the rich
The term “housing crisis” is so well used in London that you cannot ignore it, yet we have…
Labour’s successes in local government set the agenda for Westminster
‘Labour is not only a party of protest, It is a party of government’. John McDonnell wasn’t being sentimental…
Campaign Round-up: Seven days to go
It’s seven days until voters go to the polls – here’s a quick look at how the elections…
Revealed: Labour adds sixth pledge to the pledge card – and it’s on housing
Labour’s pledge card was unveiled six weeks ago, but after today’s pledge from Ed Miliband on housing (which…
