Housing budget in the UK is subsidising landlords to tune of £26bn
88% of the UK’s housing budget goes into the pockets of landlords, according to the 2024 UK Housing Review. In fact, the UK spent more on housing in recent years…
Renters’ Rights Bill has flaws around funding, expert warns MPs
A Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) expert member has highlighted key concerns about enforcement and licensing to a committee of MPs scrutinising the Labour Party government’s Renters’ Rights Bill…
Corbyn discusses the broader implications of the disaster
Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has pointed out the broader implications of the Grenfell Tower disaster. Grenfell: “market domination” He said the Grenfell fire that killed 72 people in…
Renters’ Rights Bill is a half-baked piece of tinkering at the edges
The Labour Party government has introduced its Renters’ Rights Bill. Supporters of Keir Starmer have hailed the proposed legislation as somehow revelatory. However, in reality much of it is just…
Rachel Reeves plans for social housing do not add up
Chancellor Rachel Reeves plans to increase social rent for council and housing association tenants in order to pay for new affordable housing. Rachel Reeves’s idea is backwards So Rachel Reeves…
Accessible housing thrust into the spotlight this week
This week disabled campaigners and allies marched on parliament to demand the new government pledge to build new accessible housing. ‘No more dither! No more delay!’ The protest, organised by…
littered with Tory-esque sleight of hand
New chancellor Rachel Reeves has already started as the Labour Party means to go on: courting big business while making flimsy promises to the rest of us – ones that…
meet the indy candidate standing against Lisa Nandy
In the second of our video interview series #CanaryCandidates we meet independent candidate Jan Cunliffe – standing against Labour’s Lisa Nandy Jan Cunliffe has long been a campaigner for prison…
occupation continues, residents march on Peabody
Residents from the Lesnes estate will protest at Bexley Council on Thursday 11 April evening to demand support in their campaign against Peabody’s planned demolition of their homes. It comes…
residents fighting back against Peabody demolition
Residents on the Peabody-run Lesnes housing estate in southeast London will be protesting against its plans to demolish their estate and evict them from their homes. Lesnes Estate: residents fighting…