To rebuild Britain small business and state enterprise will have to come together
Kevin Gulliver argues that Labour will need the ‘big battalions’ of the state and the ‘little platoons’ of civic society to build a fairer Britain.
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These figures reveal how the government has left social housing tenants behind
A year on from Grenfell, the Tories’ new Green Paper on social housing will barely cover the cracks when it comes to the growing precariousness faced by tenants.
Social housing green paper slammed for failing to include new affordable homes
The Tories should be building at least 30,000 new affordable homes each year. Last year they built less than 6,000.
The Tories should get their house in order before attacking the London Mayor
The government’s housing record is less than stellar, but Secretary of State James Brokenshire still thought it ok to threaten the Mayor of London on his. Tom Copley AM writes.
Here’s how the housing market could work for everyone
We could reconcile the housing interests of different groups, so that the market works for property owners and people who do not own houses but desperately want to.
London politicians join campaign to end no-fault evictions
Housing campaigners have long been calling for an end to Section 21. Now two London Assembly members are calling on Mayor Sadiq Khan to ban it in the capital.
Why three year tenancies are still not good enough in housing crisis Britain
The government has announced plans to extend default tenancy agreements from six months to three years. But campaigners argue it won’t solve the problem.
Vince Cable’s housing policies would be better without his track record
In a speech at the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Lib Dem leader put forward a set of proposals to tackle Britain’s housing crisis. But Kevin Gulliver is not convinced.
Of course Right to Buy is doomed – affordable homes were never the point of it
A report showing how the scheme will fail in the next five years did not come as a surprise. The end of council housing was the plan all along.
How the Tories are deliberately ignoring social housing
Nearly ten years of Conservative government has meant a spiralling crisis in social housing. But not accidentally so, Kevin Gulliver writes.