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16 June 2021
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
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
8 July 2020
Poverty rises again - especially for BAME workers
100,000 more people fell into poverty in 2018-19, reports the Social Metrics Commission. Black, Asian and minority ethnic households were more than twice as likely to have been pushed below the breadline.
31 March 2020
Self-isolation class divide: decent homes for all!
The nation has been told to stay home. But that doesn't mean the same thing for everyone, writes Holly Eaton, West London Socialist Party.
3 July 2019
Times journalist James Kirkup asked this: "Why aren't the wannabe PMs talking about in work poverty?" on 26 June. The Tories aren't, but the Socialist is.
28 November 2018
The Tories' letting fee ban is full of holes - we need rent controls and council homes!
The Tories have recently announced a bill to end letting agency fees, as well as capping deposits at a maximum of six weeks' rent.
31 October 2018
Housing in Britain is in crisis. Bailiffs were called to a house in Hove on 26 October after the tenant - struggling to get by on Universal Credit - fell into rent arrears.
17 October 2018
Universal credit = universal misery
Theresa May said 'the end of austerity is in sight'
11 July 2018
Britain bakes as water pipelines leak
June was the driest month on record in south east and central southern England, while Scotland recorded its highest ever temperature of 33.2C in Motherwell.
28 March 2018
Grenfell: survivors not rehoused, inquiry not independent, blocks not safe
The government has admitted that 82 households are still in temporary accommodation following the Grenfell Tower fire and not all will be in permanent accommodation by June, the first anniversary, writes Paul Kershaw, chair, Unite union housing workers branch.
14 March 2018
After congratulating themselves on nominally bringing the British state's finances out of the red - by plundering working class purses - the Tories sat down to vote on cutting provision of school meals and childcare.
13 December 2017
Six months on - still no justice for Grenfell
Dozens of families that survived the fire at Grenfell Tower face Christmas in hotels
15 November 2017
Carlisle socialists campaign against Universal Credit
Universal Credit benefit changes will cause untold misery for thousands in Carlisle when they are fully rolled out in April next year
15 November 2017
We're freezing: reverse cuts to boiler replacement schemes!
Nationalise the energy firms: The market has failed and will go on failing to provide the basics of food, heat and shelter to millions
11 October 2017
Housing crisis: Corbyn's positive measures blanked by Labour's right
A standing ovation greeted Jeremy Corbin's pledges on housing at Labour's conference: to stop 'social cleansing' regeneration schemes and give residents a vote on regeneration proposals; to build more council homes and to control rents.
28 June 2017
Grenfell fire compounded by overcrowding: build more council homes now
Between 400 and 600 people lived in Grenfell Tower - but it had just 200 bedrooms
5 April 2017
It's one world for the super-rich, and another one for the rest of us including top bosses' wages, luxury goods and licence fees.
5 April 2017
Fight Tories' callous cuts pushing 200,000 more kids into poverty
A raft of callous Tory measures starting on 6 April will push another 200,000 kids below the breadline, according to the Child Poverty Action Group.
29 March 2017
Universal Credit is making the housing crisis worse
The roll-out of the 'Universal Credit' benefits system seems to be making an already desperate social housing situation a whole lot worse
8 March 2017
Put MPs on workers' wages: 18% worse off. The Institute for Fiscal Studies calculates that UK households will have living standards 18% lower by 2021 than they would have been had the economic crisis never happened.
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