Left Foot Forward
Empty homes in England rise to half a million while 100,000 families are in temporary accommodation
“The wrong kind of housing is being built - they are unaffordable to anyone on an average income."
EXCLUSIVE: Voters think police have a problem with class bias, poll finds
'It is a reality that across the socioeconomic spectrum, working class communities are policed disproportionately, with those who are working class being identified as potentially criminal far more often than their middle class counterparts'.
Prof Prem Sikka: The government’s obsession with neoliberalism isn’t creating prosperity or happiness
'The government could help households by freezing rents, energy and train fare prices. It could eliminate profiteering by bringing vital industries such as gas, water, electricity and railways into public ownership, but that is not on its agenda.'
Why we need publicly-owned buses in Scotland
'From 2007 to 2019, annual bus passenger journeys in Scotland plummeted by 121 million'
Deportation airlines return to Afghanistan to cash in on evacuation flights
'Ironically, many of the same airlines enrolled in the effort have been making money deporting Afghans from Europe for years, directly endangering the people they recently evacuated.'
‘Completely out of touch’: Edwina Currie’s levelling up ‘is working’ comments evoke outcry
The former Conservative MP’s clash with Gary Neville on GMB went viral, with people rejoicing as Neville ‘destroyed’ Currie in a row on Universal Credit that proves how out of touch the Tories are.