New Labour’s culpability for the housing crisis

“After 13 years of New Labour in government there were actually 655,000 less ‘social’ homes than there were when they … More

Help to Buy drives the widening gulf between house prices and earnings

In a recent letter to the Swindon Advertiser I quoted the price of a median house in Swindon increasing to … More

In a recent letter to the Swindon Advertiser I wrote about house price rises continuing to outstrip wages. Since then … More

The unattributed article, “Property prices rise in Swindon”, informed us that the average property price in April was £233,294. The … More

Recently Shadow Cabinet Minister Kate Green was asked by Nick Robinson on his podcast whether she thought that honours should … More

Keir Starmer fails to condemn the racism of the Israeli state or to challenge far right racist views of an … More

Is the Labour apparatus really going to war against its members rather than the Tory government? “Article 10 (of the … More

This is an article published in Inside Housing Tenants have to fight for the right to be consulted on a … More

“Article 10 (of the European Convention of Human Rights) will protect Labour Party members who, for example, make legitimate criticisms … More

Prior to the pandemic Swindon’s council tenants were able to phone in any housing repair. During the pandemic the housing … More