Housing First is a step towards tackling homelessness, but we must demand more
Only a coherent package of reforms can end rough sleeping
austerity
Schools need money from parents to stay “afloat” thanks to cuts
Schools need regular payments from parents to stay afloat, co-founder of Fair Funding for All Schools told a protest rally yesterday. Parents, children, teachers and hundreds of other protestors took part in the Fair Funding for All Schools march throughtest
David Cameron should pipe down on ‘credibility’: the UK has always been in debt
He can call pay rises ‘selfish’ all he wants: austerity hasn’t worked.
Community and religious groups are having to fill the gaps left by austerity
Aid and welfare have become the concerns of local people following cuts to local services across Europe
Britain’s struggling voters won’t put up with inequality much longer
Extreme levels of poverty are making our politics far more volatile
Councils face £5.8bn funding blackhole by 2020 warns Tory Peer
It’s impossible to cut local services further, the Local Government Association says
Nurses and midwives are leaving the health service in droves
More nurses are leaving the profession than joining – for the first time in history, suggesting a major staffing crisis is on its way.
In the face of an enlivened opposition, the tide is turning against austerity
Until last week, it was barely on the agenda. But Labour’s move last week, forcing a vote on ending the public sector pay cap, has already changed the debate.
We can’t improve social mobility when working class children’s only inheritance is austerity
The government’s latest social mobility report fails to address core problems
The Queen’s Speech said nothing about the future of social housing post-Grenfell
The government is offering no action on inequality