When will the coalition deliver on its pledge to end child detention?
Ministers have twice promised to end child detention and twice failed. When will they come good on thier promises?
housing
Double-counting Boris’s latest sleight of hand should come as no surprise
Boris Johnson’s adviser gave a misleading impression about housebuilding in the capital this week – but this should come as no surprise from this administration.
Express’s £1billion claim on immigrant housing is absurd
Migrationwatch has claimed that immigrant demand for social housing will cost £1billion per year – but the facts do not stack up.
Are Pickles and Shapps misleading the public on homelessness?
Jenny Pennington, research assistant at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), examines Eric Pickles and Grant Shapps’s claims on homelessness.
Public fears over housing grow
Nearly one in five of adults polled said they always or often struggle to pay their rent or mortgage, reports Dave Prentis, General Secretary of UNISON.
Boris fighting London’s corner on housing benefit cuts? Really?!
Jenny Jones AM, leader of the Green Party on the London Assembly, exposes the reality of Boris Johnson’s claim to be a champion of those hit by Housing Benefit cuts.
Pickles letter to Cameron reveals inconvenient truth on benefits cap
The leaked Eric Pickles letter to David Cameron reveals what we already know: poor families will be forced out of London and the South East by the benefits cap.
Need for affordable credit ‘big bang’ to aid low income communities
Kevin Gulliver, director of Birmingham-based research charity the Human City Institute and chair of the Centre for Community Research, on the need for affordable credit.
On housing, while Ed has got it wrong, Boris has the answer
While Ed Miliband has got it wrong on housing policy, Boris Johnson has the answer, writes Vidhya Alakeson, Director of Research and Strategy at the Resolution Foundation.
Budget 2011: Planning changes: A hidden job killer?
Ed Turner, lecturer in politics at the Aston Centre for Europe, and deputy leader of Oxford City Council, looks at the impact of the changes to planning announced in yesterday’s budget.