31 March marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Poll Tax riots. The demonstration, called by the Anti-Poll Tax Federation (set up by the Militant Tendency) and supported by local anti-poll tax…
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We have translated this article from the latest edition of Battaglia Comunista, paper of our sister group in Italy, because it clearly frames the ‘housing question’ as a key part of the…
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We may never know how many people lost their lives in this horrific fire. The images and stories over the past few days have been unbearable; people trapped in blazing rooms, holding their…
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It is hard to tell how much the Housing and Planning Bill is the result of blind belief that the capitalist market will solve everything or downright self-interest and class spite. [196 MPs have…
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The Housing Crisis
The housing crisis in Britain gets worse every month. According to Shelter, statutory homelessness is at a seven year high and nearly 100,000 children in…
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Watching housing policy unfold in Britain is like watching a rabid dog chase its tail. The insanity keeps on increasing and you just know it won’t end well. So when the Tories made an election…
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(From _Aurora_ 35, June 2015)
New Housing Minister, Brandon Lewis wants the demolition of London’s housing estates and their replacement with owner occupied ‘city villages’. It’s a scheme…
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For the last 35 years Government policy has been aimed at making us a nation of homeowners. From the Right to Buy to the deregulation of the banks, the main push was to get as many people as…