With more than a million households waiting for social homes, those on low-incomes are increasingly being pushed into unsuitable and costly accommodation in the private rented sector as well as into temporary accommodation.
‘No more pie in the sky – this judgement means the government must now take real, credible action to address the climate crisis’
Five times the Tories have launched an attack on disability welfare and disabled peoples’ rights
‘We do now need to re-think Right to Buy’
School leaders’ jobs have been “made far harder by this Conservative government. School buildings are falling apart, pay has been driven down and teachers are being driven out.”
The Tories won just one of the metro mayor elections across the country.
‘This is the most ridiculous tweet I’ve read all day.’
Under our winner-takes-all system, in tight seats, voters could well hold their noses and cast their ballot for a candidate with the best chance of winning, just to deliver a knock-out blow for the Tories.
“You weren’t expecting to go swimming this bank holiday weekend, anyway, were you?”
Kim McGuinness is the new Labour mayor of the North East representing around two million people in the region
