It only took one sentence for the BBC’s Justin Webb to tear the government’s new rough sleeping plan to shreds
On 13 August, the government announced a new funding boost in its plan to end rough sleeping in England by 2027. ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A GP’s emotional plea shows how Tory austerity is killing homeless people
A doctor has claimed that government austerity is killing homeless people. The homeless death toll has soared in 2018, with ...
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 ...
One heartbreaking Twitter thread encapsulates the brutality of Tory Britain
A heartbreaking Twitter thread encapsulates the sheer brutality of austerity Britain under the Conservative government. Desperate James Gleave, a transport ...
Dominic Raab is leaving a disaster to take over a crisis
On 9 July, following David Davis's resignation, Theresa May appointed former housing minister Dominic Raab as the new Brexit Secretary. He ...
‘Meaningless’ and ‘purely cosmetic’. Campaigners aren’t buying the government’s latest housing reform.
On 1 July, the government announced a new housing proposal to reform England's hostile private-rented sector. Yet campaigners are dismissing ...
Brighton council is picking up the pieces as the DWP’s flagship policy causes havoc
A new report by Brighton and Hove council has found that the flagship policy of the Department for Work and ...
A group feeding homeless people accuses a local council of telling a ‘gigantic, barefaced lie’
Norwich City Council is facing criticism for allegedly backtracking on a promise not to remove two market stalls in the ...
Conservative policy has led to a ‘staggering’ rise in old people becoming homeless
New government figures show that the number of older people becoming homeless is the highest in the past decade. These ...
Theresa May tried to boast about her record in government. Labour’s David Lammy tore her apart.
On 27 June, Britain's beleaguered prime minister attempted to say her government is delivering for everyone: https://twitter.com/theresa_may/status/1011965578934915073 But Labour MP ...
The government’s latest social housing investment boost is laughably short of the mark
On 26 June, communities secretary James Brokenshire confirmed what the government describes as "a multi-billion pound boost to social housing". ...
A mum whose two children were murdered faces eviction thanks to the DWP
A woman whose husband murdered her two children now fears eviction thanks to the DWP stripping her benefits. Her case ...
A homelessness project has launched an innovative project for ‘creative campaigning’
This article was updated at 8:00am on Tuesday 26 June to correct an error. It previously stated that the scheme ...
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