Labour councils are leading the way on housing. The government must follow
Southampton’s Labour council plans to build its way out of the pandemic crisis. In July, the council approved…
Right-to-Buy
Over 70% of public support Labour’s rent controls policy
71% of the British public support Labour’s pledge to introduce rent controls in England with just 9% opposed…
Philip Glanville: Scrapping the HRA cap is a win for Labour – but not a silver bullet for the housing crisis
Brexit infighting, no new policy ideas and announcements stolen straight from Labour’s manifesto, Tory conference was a good…
Ellie Reeves: Tories won’t fix the housing crisis – but Labour in London will start 10,000 new council homes by 2022
It will come as no surprise to LabourList readers that London’s council housing stock has depleted dramatically over…
Labour needs radical ideas to solve the housing crisis – so let’s scrap right to buy
We have a housing crisis in this country that can only be solved by local government building more.…
The prize in British politics is now to answer the deafening call to fix our broken housing market
This is one of a series of articles in the run-up to tomorrow’s Budget. During the 1980s and…
Only Labour can effect the change needed to tackle the housing crisis
Since their ill-fated return to power as part of the coalition in 2010, the Conservatives’ attempts to tackle…
MPs slam Cameron’s right to buy plan over lack of detail
David Cameron’s controversial plan to sell off housing association properties to tenants at a discount has today come…
Jeremy Corbyn: right to buy should be extended to private tenants
Jeremy Corbyn has called for right to buy to be extended to people living in privately rented accommodation.…
Tory housing minister warned about risks of right-to-buy plan
At their manifesto launch the Tories unveiled their right-to-buy proposals and they haven’t been met with much enthusiasm.…
