24 June 2021

Waltham Forest Socialist Party: House the homeless - take over the empty homes

How can we build resistance to the wave of evictions coming down the track? No one should lose their home because of the pandemic and economic crisis we didn't cause.

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23 June 2021

Cardiff West Socialist Party: Housing is a right - Stop the evictions!

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16 June 2021

Pandemic homeless

The so-called eviction ban ended at the end of May. But a legal ban on evictions, even when enforced, did not prevent tens of thousands becoming homeless during the pandemic. Over 130,000 households in

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Cladding safety: Protests demand developers and government pay

9 June 2021

Cladding safety: Protests took place around the country on 5 June highlighting the cladding crisis

Cladding safety: Protests took place around the country on 5 June highlighting the cladding crisis

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9 June 2021

"Rights are won not given" - London refugee wins housing debt campaign

Lawanya Ramajeyam, an asylum seeker, was unable to make rent on her room

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9 June 2021

Shame on Clarion - another exploitative landlord

East London Socialist Party and the Social Housing Action Campaign (Shac) attended a London Renters Union demo outside Clarion Housing in London Bridge on 1 June.

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9 June 2021

Dea-John Reid murder: Jobs, homes and services, not racism

14 year-old Dea-John Reid was tragically murdered on the streets of Kingstanding, Birmingham, on the evening of 31 May.

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2 June 2021

Cladding danger: Protest 5 June!

The tragic Grenfell Tower fire is approaching its fourth anniversary

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28 May 2021

Waltham Forest byelections: Council homes not unaffordable flats

A byelection has been called on 10 June for the Grove Green ward of the London Borough of Waltham Forest

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19 May 2021

Readers' opinion

Thousands of workers have been recruited by firms which have been found to be using mini umbrella companies (MUCs) to avoid tax

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5 May 2021

Cladding: Tories refuse to protect leaseholders again

Socialist Party member Paul Kershaw, chair of the Unite housing workers' branch, spoke to Ed Spencer

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5 May 2021

The Socialist Inbox

Send your news, views and criticism, in not more than 150 words, to [email protected] - or if you're not online, PO Box 1398, Enfield EN1 9GT

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5 May 2021

Bellway must pay! Make our homes safe!

On 1 May more than 60 residents of the Caspian Quarter gathered outside Bellway's Barking showrooms to protest about the property developer's failure to replace flammable balconies

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28 April 2021

Generation eviction

Only 2% of landlords who illegally evict tenants are prosecuted, according to Generation Rent, the private renters' campaign organisation.

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21 April 2021

Housing activists storm multi-million pound rental firm's offices

A lively day of action on housing swept through East London

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14 April 2021

The Socialist Inbox

Send your news, views and criticism, in not more than 150 words, to [email protected] - or if you're not online, PO Box 1398, Enfield EN1 9GT

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14 April 2021

London housing crisis: vote TUSC to fight back

Misery. That's what renting in London means for millions. But with elections coming up, Londoners can push back against profiteering developers and politicians - by voting TUSC.

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14 April 2021

Tory hypocrisy over housing benefit cut

Tory MPs have claimed £3 million in housing rent payments at the same time as voting to effectively cut housing benefit for low-income households in the private rental sector.

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7 April 2021

Councillors have a choice - don't vote for cuts

330 TUSC candidates are standing in the 6 May elections

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31 March 2021

Warning: Labour Party cutters - careful who you phone!

There I was, browsing my computer, as you do... when the landline rings. That is not something that happens very often in our house, especially as we have a call-barring service on our phone.

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