20 January 2021

Refund student rent and fees

Socialist Students has launched a petition to build support for its demands on the way forward for the student movement and to solve the crisis in higher education.

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20 January 2021

Scrap fees, refund rents and pay a living grant

Right up until the last minute, the university seemed to be endlessly optimistic about how we could return this term for in-person teaching

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6 January 2021

Refund the rent, cancel the fees, for fully funded, publicly owned education

With the new lockdowns, what can students expect for the rest of the academic year?

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2 December 2020

Rent strikers' victory in student halls

Students at the University of Manchester won a 30% refund of their rent for the term

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23 September 2020

Extend eviction ban! Cap rents! Build council homes!

The six-month eviction ban has come to an end. Hundreds of thousands of people could now be threatened with eviction. The Social Housing Action Campaign (Shac) participated in a protest in London on 16

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24 June 2020

Act now to cancel Covid crisis rents and debt

Private sector rents in England hit a record high as the country headed into lockdown

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13 May 2020

Starmer in full retreat over C-19 rents crisis

The economic hardship from the coronavirus crisis is biting; millions must choose between paying the rent and eating, writes Paul Kershaw, chair, Unite housing workers branch.

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25 September 2019

Housing - bold, socialist measures necessary

Labour's housing policies: a welcome beginning: Walking through the streets of Britain's cities, homeless people sleeping rough are hard to miss.

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17 April 2019

Activists rally in fight for more council housing and against high rents

At a well-attended public meeting in Bracknell on 8 April local activists, including Socialist Party members, met to discuss building a campaign against homelessness, high rents and the lack of council housing in the area.

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21 November 2018

Housing arrears double, suicide risk soars - scrap Universal Credit!

General election now to reverse welfare attacks: Universal Credit claimants are being pushed into serious mental health problems, with some even considering suicide, according to public health researchers in the North East.

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31 October 2018

Homelessness, Universal Credit misery, high rents, cramped flats, isolated estates...end the housing crisis!

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.

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17 October 2018

Universal credit = universal misery

Theresa May said 'the end of austerity is in sight'

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8 August 2018

Rents soar 60% faster than pay - while spivs plan luxury homes on Green Belt

Cap rents, build council homes, protect green space: A Tory cabinet minister says "the choice is building on more greenfield sites... or losing the election and ending up with Jeremy Corbyn"

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4 July 2018

Tories pledge three-year private tenancies: fight for rent caps and council homes

Under pressure, the Tories have promised to introduce three-year minimum tenancies. But we need real security, rent caps and a mass building programme of council housing

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2 May 2018

Young people trapped in private rental

Housing costs force workers out of London: It's a tough time to be a young person in Britain. Almost two-fifths of Millennials, young people born by 2000, rent privately at 30

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14 February 2018

Rent doubles in a decade: cap rents, build council homes!

A stunning new report reveals the total rent paid in the UK has doubled to £51 billion since 2007

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13 December 2017

Two in five 'right to buy' homes now for let

Scrap Thatcher's right to buy: Over 40% of ex-council houses sold under Thatcher's 'right to buy' scheme are now part of the private rental sector, according to Inside Housing.

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29 November 2017

Tory housing policy: build zilch, hike prices

We say: cap private rents and build council homes now: Closer inspection shows Hammond's housing initiatives don't amount to a hill of beans

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22 November 2017

Posh estate agent's housing crisis solution: make your own sandwiches

Cap rents, build council homes: For some reason I don't think making your sandwiches at home or giving up avocado toast will sort it out

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8 November 2017

US: Minneapolis Socialist chimes with voters

Ginger's slogan of "not for sale" has drawn in many volunteers and donors from Minneapolis

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