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1 November 2017
Tories u-turn on social housing benefit cap and borrowing to build
Strikes can end this zombie government: Theresa May's backtrack on capping housing benefit for social tenants is the latest in a catalogue of u-turns
20 September 2017
Fight expansion of disastrous 'Universal Credit' welfare system
Nearly half of claimants in rent arrears: We campaign for an end to in-work poverty, a living wage for all workers, and living benefits without compulsion
26 July 2017
Young people...fight for a future, fight for socialist policies
Young people in the UK have faced brutal attacks from successive governments on our living standards and our futures.
17 May 2017
One in three borrow for rent, Corbyn pledges housing revolution
One in three people have borrowed money just to pay the rent - some from family and friends; others with interest and fee-charging overdrafts, credit cards and payday loans.
12 April 2017
Scrap the Tory 'rape clause' and all benefit attacks
Changes to child tax credits and the 'Universal Credit' benefit system will mean that people making a new claim from 6 April will have the number of children they can claim for capped at two. One exception to this is if the third child was born as a result of what the government calls "non-consensual conception."
5 April 2017
Fight Tories' callous cuts pushing 200,000 more kids into poverty
A raft of callous Tory measures starting on 6 April will push another 200,000 kids below the breadline, according to the Child Poverty Action Group.
22 March 2017
Tories scrap housing benefit for under-21s
A new rule change will end housing benefit for 18 to 21-year-olds from next month. Reverse all benefit cuts - fight for mass building of council homes now!
1 February 2017
Why I joined: "Things have to change"
I look around at prices going up for everything and can't understand how we can sustain this way of life for even the next ten years!
11 January 2017
Them & Us: £500k house party... 50p for rent
It's one world for the super-rich, and another one for the rest of us.
30 November 2016
Women bear 85% of benefit cuts
Lift the benefit cap, end austerity: By 2020 women will have shouldered 85% of the burden of changes to the tax and benefits system, claims a new report. This highlights the disproportionate effect of austerity.
23 November 2016
£3.5bn on temporary housing for councils
Councils have spent a disgraceful £3.5 billion in the last five years keeping homeless vulnerable families in temporary accommodation. They should spend the cash building homes!
9 November 2016
Build housing for the kids without homes this Xmas
That any children are homeless in Britain, a rich country, is a crime - yet housing charity Shelter predicts there will be 120,000 children homeless this Christmas!
12 October 2016
Tories’ £5bn for housing not enough
The Tory party conference made its play for our support by appearing to announce £5 billion for a mass house building programme. They gleefully pledged they will be the party to alleviate the huge burden of crippling housing costs on working people.
14 September 2016
Benefit cap could shut 67% of women's refuges
The new Tory benefit cap could force two thirds of refuges to close, leaving women fleeing violence with nowhere to go.
24 August 2016
It's one world for the super-rich, and another one for the rest of us. New Duke of Westminster inherits billions; private landlords received £9 billion last year in tenants' housing benefit.
10 August 2016
It's one world for the super-rich, and another one for the rest of us including a massive boost for bosses pay and unclaimed benefits.
13 July 2016
Child poverty rises by 200,000 in a year
In the space of just one year, 2014 to 2015, the number of children living in poverty in the UK has risen by a staggering 200,000. This brings the total number to 3.9 million, according to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
15 June 2016
Housing Act: landlords and developers set to profit
The new housing act will help property developers and landlords make profits but it will do nothing for people who need affordable secure homes.
9 March 2016
We need socialist policies to end the housing crisis
Workers in the UK are suffering a severe housing crisis that is only set to get worse. A landlord-friendly Tory government is turning this crisis into a disaster for millions of households.
Protesting about a bedroom tax case
3 February 2016
Bedroom Tax ruling: The fight to scrap it must continue
Words alone won't get rid of the bedroom tax. "I'm registered disabled - will I still have to pay bedroom tax?... Is the bedroom tax illegal, now?"... "Has the bedroom tax been stopped?", writes Cathy Meadows, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Scrap the Bedroom Tax, Defend Council Tax Benefits campaign.
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