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The government are on the verge of defeat over a key welfare reform

Josiah Mortimer
29 September, 2017

Now Tory MPs are in open rebellion over the DWP’s botched benefit plans. Will Theresa May cave?

This weekend, thousands will march against the Conservatives. Here’s why they’re right

Josiah Mortimer
27 September, 2017

Every step of the way, the Conservatives have prioritised giving bonuses to the wealthiest over support for the most in need. 

Our housing system treats homelessness as a lifestyle choice

Anonymous
15 September, 2017

The rise in the number of ‘intentionally homeless’ passes the buck for a housing crisis driven by policy failure, writes an anonymous housing worker.

Lambeth Council’s eviction of mother Clavia Chambers shows the brutality of our housing system

Lambeth Housing Activists
21 August, 2017

Thousands are being made homeless by a broken housing system say Lambeth Housing Activists who have been assisting the now homeless mother of two.

Teaching assistants are earning the minimum wage. We need to talk about poverty pay

Jayne Kirkham
18 August, 2017

Academies and schools are making tortuous calculations in order to get away with paying the bare minimum – in a county where rents and house prices are astronomical.

The housing crisis is deepening – and the Tories have no solution

Diane Abbott
4 April, 2017

Affordable housebuilding has fallen to the lowest level in 24 years

Benefits claimants with health conditions have just been hit by a £1,400 annual cut

Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin
3 April, 2017

Poor households are getting slammed as Osborne-era cuts come into effect this week

Poor families’ incomes are about to get slammed – but it’s nothing to do with NICs

Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin
9 March, 2017

The impact of scheduled benefit changes will dwarf national insurance reform

Budget 2017 liveblog: Responses to Philip Hammond’s statement

8 March, 2017

The Chancellor is delivering his first Spring Budget

IFS projects families £5,000 worse off and child poverty up a third. Is this Theresa May’s ‘strong economy’?

Adam Barnett
2 March, 2017

IFS report on a grim future shames the Tories’ economic record

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