A campaign against local government austerity?

According to Owen Jones a statement is being released later this week which organisers hope will be signed by local … More

“Tenants pay for housing fiascos, from post-Grenfell bills to ‘self-financing’ “

This was a letter published in the Guardian. The suggestion that lifting the borrowing cap will enable councils to build … More

Writing this on the Monday before the election only a mug would predict the outcome. The polls are all over … More

Some while ago I suggested to Swindon’s Cabinet that they should be pressing the government to abandon their target for … More

The House of Commons Library has just produced a briefing note, “Government borrowing, debt and debt interest: historical statistics and … More

Just before the general election the Tories announced that they were going to extend ‘right to buy’ to Housing Associations … More

“Today’s Queen’s Speech is a speech for working people, from a One Nation government that will bring our country together.” … More

At the recent Prime Minister’s Question Time David Cameron goaded interim Labour Leader Harriet Harman on Labour’s attitude to the … More

Stop the Tories ballot rigging proposals A letter to the Swindon Advertiser The parliamentary majority which the Tories won in … More