Theresa May’s housing announcements do not add up to a coherent strategy
National Housing Day: Tory plans will barely scratch the surface of the crisis in social housing, writes Kevin Gulliver.
Kevin Gulliver
Website Kevin writes for Left Foot Forward about housing and the impact of government policy on low income communities. He is the Director of Birmingham-based research charity the Human City Institute and Chair of the Centre for Community Research but writes in a personal capacity; Kevin's interests are social and economic policy, especially relating to housing, health, communities and inequalities.
To rebuild Britain small business and state enterprise will have to come together
Kevin Gulliver argues that Labour will need the ‘big battalions’ of the state and the ‘little platoons’ of civic society to build a fairer Britain.
Why the PM’s social housing pledges are too little and too late
Technocratic tinkering won’t solve the housing crisis.
Why are we still so accepting of public schools? They breed social inequality
Public schools perpetuate a system of social immobility. Kevin Gulliver argues that to build a fair Britain we need to end the likes of Eton and Harrow.
These figures reveal how the government has left social housing tenants behind
A year on from Grenfell, the Tories’ new Green Paper on social housing will barely cover the cracks when it comes to the growing precariousness faced by tenants.
Vince Cable’s housing policies would be better without his track record
In a speech at the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Lib Dem leader put forward a set of proposals to tackle Britain’s housing crisis. But Kevin Gulliver is not convinced.
How the Tories are deliberately ignoring social housing
Nearly ten years of Conservative government has meant a spiralling crisis in social housing. But not accidentally so, Kevin Gulliver writes.
The Tories must give us houses – or pack up and move
Successive Conservative governments let the housing crisis spiral out of control. If they don’t want to tackle it, someone else should be at the helm.
Britain’s health crisis is about poverty – not simply ‘poor choices’
There is a growing health divide in the UK – and austerity has a lot to answer for.
Sunday Times Rich List: Despicable evidence of Britain’s inequality
The gap between the poor and the super rich is growing. Kevin Gulliver writes about how the government could tackle this tragedy.