14 July 2021

We need councillors who will end housing crisis - vote TUSC in Staines on 22 July

I am standing for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) in the Staines ward by-election for Spelthorne Council.

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14 July 2021

Stop Pimlico gentrification

Residents on a housing estate in Pimlico in London protested on 10 June. Redevelopment plans for their area include properties which will be at 80% of market rents.

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7 July 2021

Housing: Join the service charge 'strike'

"I am in despair as to how to stop these atrocious companies any other way. We've experienced diabolical rip-offs, incompetence and lies.

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7 July 2021

Manchester death rate caused by deprivation

The Covid-19 death rate is 25% higher in Greater Manchester than in the rest of England. Average life expectancy has fallen by 1.6 years for men and 1.2 for women, an even bigger fall than the average

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30 June 2021

York residents demand land for local community needs

70 people gathered to protest the violent eviction of a group of squatters on 26 June. The group was trying to reclaim deserted land near the Barbican Centre in central York as a community space.

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30 June 2021

Unite members step up action against bullying Mungo's managers

Property service workers at St Mungo's charity are entering their tenth week of indefinite strike action against workplace bullying

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Eviction resistance in Walthamstow, London, 29.6.21. Nadia addressing the crowd after bailiffs say they're not entering her home today!

29 June 2021

Eviction resistance in Walthamstow, London, mobilised by Waltham Forest Socialist Party and supported by Waltham Forest trades council, 29.6.21. Nadia addressing the crowd after bailiffs say they're not entering her home today!

Eviction resistance in Walthamstow, London, mobilised by Waltham Forest Socialist Party and supported by Waltham Forest trades council, 29.6.21. Nadia addressing the crowd after bailiffs say they're not entering her home today!

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24 June 2021

Waltham Forest Socialist Party: House the homeless - take over the empty homes

How can we build resistance to the wave of evictions coming down the track? No one should lose their home because of the pandemic and economic crisis we didn't cause.

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23 June 2021

Cardiff West Socialist Party: Housing is a right - Stop the evictions!

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16 June 2021

Pandemic homeless

The so-called eviction ban ended at the end of May. But a legal ban on evictions, even when enforced, did not prevent tens of thousands becoming homeless during the pandemic. Over 130,000 households in

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Cladding safety: Protests demand developers and government pay

9 June 2021

Cladding safety: Protests took place around the country on 5 June highlighting the cladding crisis

Cladding safety: Protests took place around the country on 5 June highlighting the cladding crisis

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9 June 2021

"Rights are won not given" - London refugee wins housing debt campaign

Lawanya Ramajeyam, an asylum seeker, was unable to make rent on her room

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9 June 2021

Shame on Clarion - another exploitative landlord

East London Socialist Party and the Social Housing Action Campaign (Shac) attended a London Renters Union demo outside Clarion Housing in London Bridge on 1 June.

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9 June 2021

Dea-John Reid murder: Jobs, homes and services, not racism

14 year-old Dea-John Reid was tragically murdered on the streets of Kingstanding, Birmingham, on the evening of 31 May.

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2 June 2021

Cladding danger: Protest 5 June!

The tragic Grenfell Tower fire is approaching its fourth anniversary

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28 May 2021

Waltham Forest byelections: Council homes not unaffordable flats

A byelection has been called on 10 June for the Grove Green ward of the London Borough of Waltham Forest

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19 May 2021

Readers' opinion

Thousands of workers have been recruited by firms which have been found to be using mini umbrella companies (MUCs) to avoid tax

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5 May 2021

Cladding: Tories refuse to protect leaseholders again

Socialist Party member Paul Kershaw, chair of the Unite housing workers' branch, spoke to Ed Spencer

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5 May 2021

The Socialist Inbox

Send your news, views and criticism, in not more than 150 words, to [email protected] - or if you're not online, PO Box 1398, Enfield EN1 9GT

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5 May 2021

Bellway must pay! Make our homes safe!

On 1 May more than 60 residents of the Caspian Quarter gathered outside Bellway's Barking showrooms to protest about the property developer's failure to replace flammable balconies

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