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24 November 2021
Slough: Adult service cuts will leave vulnerable homeless
Organised by GMB union, 50 people protested on 16 November against the closure of adult services in Slough
17 November 2021
One Birmingham family - two adults with three children - one with ADHD who needs their own bedroom, are trying to survive in one-bedroom flat
17 November 2021
London MPs' second home swindle while workers and students struggle
Fourteen London MPs are renting out their homes in London in order to claim rent on their parliamentary expenses
17 November 2021
Resisting evictions in east London
Already twice we had stopped Waltham Forest resident Nadia Zaman from being evicted (see 'Fighting for a home for Nadia and homes for all' at socialistparty.org.uk)
17 November 2021
As a Yorkshire cricket fan I was appalled that Yorkshire County Cricket (YCC) felt there was no action necessary against the staff and players that its own report found had subjected Azeem Rafiq to racist abuse.
10 November 2021
75 years after the first new town
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the New Towns Act implemented by the post-war Labour government, when on the 11 November 1946, Stevenage was designated Britain's First New Town.
10 November 2021
Socialist planning to meet housing need
Over a million households sit on council housing waiting lists, and that's only those who are allowed to join the queue
3 November 2021
East London gentrification plans exposed
All kinds of old buildings get knocked down, tower blocks are thrown up, property developers rub their hands, and the juggernaut of private profit locks out thousands of poor households from decent truly affordable homes, while burdening others in mountainous mortgage debts or sky-high rents.
3 November 2021
Tory Universal Credit crumbs no solution to cost of living crisis
The £20-a-week cut to Universal Credit has left 4.4 million households around £1,000 a year worse off.
27 October 2021
Save Southall youth centre - stop all cuts
Young people, trade unionists and supporters gathered at Ealing Town Hall to oppose the demolition of a youth centre in Southall on 19 October
20 October 2021
Housing crisis: Tories and Labour are not on our side
The deaths from the Grenfell Tower fire, and the fire safety issues it exposed, have shown the real face of the Conservative government – but also that of the Labour Party - tied to big business and the building industry
20 October 2021
Fight to defend homelessness services
Councils in England have warned that the cost of homelessness services will increase by 27.2% in the next three years
13 October 2021
Durning Hall: Hands off our community space
Durning Hall in Forest Gate, east London, has been used by local groups to meet for six decades. But the charity that runs it, Aston-Mansfield, has submitted a planning application for redevelopment, including
13 October 2021
Pandora property speculators fuel housing crisis
The Pandora papers have further revealed capitalism's parasitic nature. Britain's housing crisis is shown to serve as a lucrative venture for the super-rich. The investigation revealed that 1,500 UK
29 September 2021
London tenants v greedy contractors
On 23 September, the Socialist Party and Waltham Forest Housing Action Network in east London responded to the call from tenants at John Walsh and Fred Wigg towers to help them keep their car park.
22 September 2021
TV Review - Help: Heart-wrenching portrayal of Covid care home crisis
'Help' is a heart-wrenching story of a care home in Liverpool for people with dementia. When the Covid-19 crisis hits the home, the main protagonist, Sarah, is faced with loss, pressure and difficult
22 September 2021
Fighting evictions in Cornwall
Violent County Court bailiffs and police were no match for a well-organised and determined human wall defending a private tenant from eviction.
15 September 2021
TV review - Grenfell: The Untold Story
Recently, my partner and I watched 'Grenfell: The Untold Story'. We watched footage of tenants, ahead of the 2017 tragedy, battle with 'the suits' over their living conditions: lifts out of order for
8 September 2021
Families demand rights for care home residents
While government guidance now allows us to go to pubs and music festivals, go on holidays, and meet up with friends, care home residents are being kept under lockdown
25 August 2021
Afghanistan disaster - Unite to fight for funding for refugees and local communities
Many ordinary working-class people will be horrified by the tragic scenes of Afghans fleeing in desperation at Kabul airport
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