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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28 April 2021

Generation eviction

Only 2% of landlords who illegally evict tenants are prosecuted, according to Generation Rent, the private renters' campaign organisation.

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21 April 2021

Housing activists storm multi-million pound rental firm's offices

A lively day of action on housing swept through East London

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14 April 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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14 April 2021

London housing crisis: vote TUSC to fight back

Misery. That's what renting in London means for millions. But with elections coming up, Londoners can push back against profiteering developers and politicians - by voting TUSC.

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14 April 2021

Tory hypocrisy over housing benefit cut

Tory MPs have claimed £3 million in housing rent payments at the same time as voting to effectively cut housing benefit for low-income households in the private rental sector.

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7 April 2021

Councillors have a choice - don't vote for cuts

330 TUSC candidates are standing in the 6 May elections

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31 March 2021

Warning: Labour Party cutters - careful who you phone!

There I was, browsing my computer, as you do... when the landline rings. That is not something that happens very often in our house, especially as we have a call-barring service on our phone.

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24 March 2021

Stop evictions and drop the debts

Tenants and housing workers in London are fighting back on Saturday 17 April. A day of action on housing will demand: "Stop the evictions! Drop the debts!"

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24 March 2021

Police invade student homes

As if we students did not have enough to deal with - facing a lack of university support, and paying extortionate rent for rooms we haven't been able to live in - we now might get a midnight visit from our local bobby

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19 March 2021

'Sleep-ins' ruling must lead to a huge campaign for social care workers' rights

The Supreme Court ruled that care workers on 'sleep-ins' won't receive the minimum wage

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10 March 2021

Why I'm standing for TUSC

Reports from Enfield and Rotherham

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24 February 2021

Tories admit guilt for asylum seeker neglect

Today I received a letter from the Home Secretary Priti Patel. The letter is a weak and pathetic attempt by the home secretary to deflect criticism away from her government's negligent policy

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17 February 2021

Swarming the London Mayor's question time

Waltham Forest community campaign 'Save Our Square' and Socialist Party members organised what can only be described as a swarm of London Mayor Sadiq Khan's virtual Question Time on Thursday 11 February

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17 February 2021

Tory cladding money will not make us safe

Despite the horrific scenes at Grenfell almost four years ago, around 700,000 people in the UK are still living in buildings fitted with combustible cladding

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10 February 2021

Big Energy piles on the misery

Energy regulator Ofgem has raised the price cap on what gas and electricity companies can charge 15 million households by between £87 and £96 a year (£1,156 or £1,138) - a 9% increase - from 1 April

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3 February 2021

Save our square: we need social housing and public services

Waltham Forest Labour council in East London approved plans to build a block of unaffordable, private housing on Walthamstow town square

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3 February 2021

Multimillion-pound rental firm demands thousands from homeless asylum seeker

A property firm with turnover in the millions is pursuing a campaigning asylum seeker for thousands through the courts. We say: Defend Lawanya - fight for tenants' rights!

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