The director general of Universal Credit is facing a massive backlash for his defence of the DWP’s flagship policy
The director general of Universal Credit - the flagship policy of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) - is...
An inspiring activist has been deselected as a Labour council candidate simply ‘because she’s poor’
An inspiring activist says the Labour Party has deselected her from being a council candidate in Greater Manchester, due to...
The government is facing pressure from all sides over the disappearance of its social housing green paper
In June 2018, the secretary of state for housing, communities and local government - James Brokenshire - made a promise. He...
Owen Jones has savaged the BBC’s Andrew Neil, laying bare his far right associations
Guardian columnist Owen Jones has launched a scathing attack on the BBC's Andrew Neil, calling him out for his links to far-right...
Channel 4 News exposed the DWP’s ‘hostile environment’ and people are piling in with their own horror stories
On 6 August, Channel 4 News focused on the stories of disability claimants forced to negotiate the horrors of the DWP's assessment...
A leaked email helps explain why Kensington and Chelsea Council has housed so few Grenfell survivors
A leaked email, seen by Inside Housing, encapsulates Kensington and Chelsea Council's continued disdain for the survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire....
Esther McVey is spending over £200,000 on a study everyone already knows the answer to
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) secretary Esther McVey has once again proven how out of touch she is....
Labour is considering a radical policy that would turn the DWP on its head
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has revealed that Labour is considering piloting the radical policy of universal basic income (UBI) if...
After giving it a free run, the BBC finally nailed the Institute for Economic Affairs
Viewers were surprised and delighted by Emily Maitlis's brutal interview with a spokesperson from the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) on the 30...
The Tories’ latest stunt to win over young voters has backfired spectacularly
On 30 July, the Conservative Party got creative in its ongoing struggle to win over young voters: https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1023979132802228224 It backfired...
Actor Chris Addison has sent an open letter to Esther McVey, stepping up pressure for her to resign
Chris Addison - comedian, actor, and star of political comedy The Thick of It - has sent a powerful open letter...
A journalist calls out a top Tory for shocking double standards when smearing Labour
openDemocracy journalist Sunny Hundal has ridiculed Tory MP and Conservative deputy chair James Cleverly for the Conservative Party's apparently differing standards...
A mother threatened with homelessness by a Labour council just won a court battle in her fight to stay in London
On 26 July, Sara Abdalla - a single mother from the east London borough of Newham - won a court...
Owen Jones calls out a Labour MP accused of ‘propping up’ the government
Guardian columnist Owen Jones has called out Labour MP Kate Hoey for tweeting in defence of the Tories: https://twitter.com/OwenJones84/status/1022026574676287489 But it's...
Campaigners and local residents are furious with a Labour council for ‘allowing social and ethnic cleansing’
On 24 July, Tower Hamlets Council in east London approved a controversial redevelopment plan, to the fury of campaigners and...
Jacob Rees-Mogg tried to blame socialism for the housing crisis, and people aren’t having it
On 23 July, Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg launched the Institute for Economic Affairs' (IEA) Richard Koch Breakthrough Prize. He then...
The story of a mother’s fight to stay in London lays bare the brutality of the housing crisis
Sara is a mother of two living in the east London borough of Newham. Her children were brought up in...
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