News Council set to buy 300 ex-council homes for refugees and other homeless families A Labour-run council in London is set to purchase more than 300 former council homes, in a move… Katie Neame 17th October, 2023, 11:56 am
Comment Best Labour leaders we never had: Anthony Greenwood In 1960, the Labour Party was split on one policy above all: unilateral nuclear disarmament. After the 1960… Liam Abramo 16th August, 2023, 10:08 am
Daily email Rumours of a reshuffle intensify, with report one may happen as soon as July The rumour mill about a potential reshuffle of Labour’s frontbench team continues to whirr. According to a Times report on… Katie Neame 29th June, 2023, 11:53 am
News Nandy backs right to buy and reducing greenbelt but shuns rent controls The Labour party backs tenants’ right to buy social housing to “extend wealth ownership”, but does not support… Tom Belger 28th June, 2023, 12:56 pm
Comment Right to Buy will never be ‘sustainable’ – Labour must scrap the disastrous policy At the Labour Party conference in September, Lisa Nandy told a fringe meeting that Right to Buy (RTB)… Martin Wicks 4th December, 2022, 9:00 am
Comment Without ending Right to Buy, there can be no resolution to the housing crisis The Labour Campaign for Council Housing has produced a statement calling on Labour to commit to ending Right… Martin Wicks 15th November, 2022, 2:00 pm
News Minister admits Boris Johnson’s housing policy will not help “most” people Lisa Nandy has declared that “far more ambition” is needed to tackle the UK’s housing crisis after a… Katie Neame 21st June, 2022, 10:30 pm
Daily email Johnson plans to sacrifice yet more of our social housing stock to save his job Scratching around for a ‘red-meat’ policy to salvage his premiership, Boris Johnson has revived the idea of extending… Elliot Chappell 10th June, 2022, 10:08 am
News Government accused of “stealing” Right to Buy cash from local councils Campaigners have accused the government of effectively “stealing” money raised by the sale of council houses under Right… Elliot Chappell 23rd March, 2021, 1:22 pm
Comment Why we’re asking Labour NEC candidates to tell us if they are landlords We formed Labour Tenants United in the wake of the outrage spawned by the plan to have tenants… Luke Evans 16th October, 2020, 6:50 pm