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The Supreme Court ruling is the first step in the battle against the Bedroom Tax
This week the ever-brilliant Lady Hale delivered the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision against the UK Government and their application of the bedroom tax to at least 155 partners of disabled…
Downsizing for climate change: The tiny homes movement is growing in size
Image credit: Ben Chun, Creative Commons On a one acre plot in Bristol a collection of tiny houses will soon be springing up. This looks set to be the site…
5 radical policies Labour should include in its manifesto
Labour Conference 2019 demonstrated the ambition and organisation of Labour’s left-wing grassroots. Campaigns including Labour for a Green New Deal, Labour 4 Day Week and Abolish Eton all had their…
New restrictions on renting create migrant homelessness
Since 2012, the UK government has had an explicit agenda to create a ‘hostile environment’ for undocumented migrants. This has been reflected in recent developments in legislation. Enter the ‘right…
My visit to Grenfell
March from Grenfell Tower to Kensington Town Hall on 16 March 2017. Photo by Wasi Daniju (Original Here) Samir Jeraj is Policy and Practice Officer at the Race Equality Foundation…
Fighting rent exploitation and empowering tenants through Bristol’s community union
The housing crisis so blighting Britain is one the biggest social justice problems we face. Bristol has been one of the cities most acutely affected outside of London. Short sighted housing…
Five ways you can help the UCL rent strike
Photo: UCL Cut the Rent This Monday, students at UCL escalated their rent campaign and declared an indefinite rent strike. 150 students in UCL halls are withholding what amounts to…
Students at Durham held a funeral for accessible education – here’s why
Photo: Grace Tseng Last Tuesday, 8th December, students at Durham held a funeral for accessible education. This was a direct response to the latest announcement of an increase college fees…
Sian Berry: If elected London Mayor, I will support a resident-led housing revolution
I was selected as Green candidate for Mayor this week, and the pledges I made at the announcement at Earl’s Court put the Green Party on the front line of…
We need rent controls to fight poverty – and climate change
Photo: Living Rent Campaign This article was written under a pseudonym. In 1988, Margaret Thatcher scrapped rent controls for the Private Rented Sector (PRS) – laws limiting the amount landlords…