To commemorate the Grenfell victims, the Queen’s Speech should include massive investment in social housing
The disaster has become an emblem of Britain’s social failures
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.
Labour’s ‘new deal’ for housing recognises the scale of the crisis
The party is pledging 100,000 new council homes
The Tories have finally realised we need more social housing – but where’s the investment?
A manifesto commitment means nothing without money or targets
The Rich List: Why inequality must be a general election battleground
Last week the Times published their annual ‘Rich List’ – and it’s the latest sign that inequality must be a key general election battleground. Labour proposes to raise income taxes for those earning more than £80,000 yearly. And even Prime Ministertest
Labour is the party of housing innovation – and is leading the debate on our the current crisis
A comprehensive whole-stock solution is needed
Being poor kills – to improve public health the government must tackle inequality
Health policy must include a focus on social determinants
Remainers should fight on against Brexit – don’t be silenced by the populist right
Today is a bleak day — and things can only get worse
People are happier in more equal societies. Here’s the evidence
On World Happiness Day we should be talking about inequality
Ignore the Tory tricks — properly funding the NHS will resolve the crisis
The government deliberately presents the public with out-of-context spending figures
The government’s white paper won’t reverse the decline of social housing
Not such a break with the past, then