Diane Abbott MP: Housing disrepair is endemic in the UK and it urgently needs addressing
‘As a Member of Parliament for more than 30 years, one of the biggest parts of my case load is housing and housing disrepair.’
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‘We’re not built to experience extreme heat’: Infrastructure won’t survive climate change
A new report from the Met Office and climate experts confirmed that we are already experiencing the effects of climate change in the UK.
Council becomes first in country to pass motion stamping out DSS discrimination
Despite ‘no DSS’ policies being unlawful under the Equality Act, a meeting of the council heard that the practice was still widespread in the city
The Home Office is making conditions for victims of modern slavery and human trafficking harsher
‘The Home Office’s new plan for immigration, threatens a more hostile environment for asylum seekers.’
Here’s how the government can prevent a flood of evictions in London
‘Almost a third of Londoners live in the private rented sector’
Labour is calling for urgent action as millions live in flats covered in Grenfell-style cladding
On Monday Labour will use a daily motion to force a vote on protecting owners and renters living in the unsafe dwellings.
Karen Buck: Inside the shambles that is Britain’s temporary accommodation system
We need to talk about the state of emergency housing, writes Karen Buck MP.
Mick Whitley: Homelessness is the product of a broken system
We need an ambitious house building programme on a scale similar to that of the post-war years, writes Mick Whitley MP.
Storm clouds are looming over Britain’s housing market
Government intervention has inflated house prices to unsustainable levels. A crash is coming – and those on lowest incomes will suffer, writes Peter Brown.
Home truths: What we can learn from the ‘Return of Squalor’ in Britain
The neglect of housing here is a national scandal. A new anthology lifts the lid on a decade of policy failure.