Nye Jones
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Why do councils encourage profiteering from homelessness?
Throwing money at landlords doesn’t address the causes of homelessness, says housing campaigner Nye Jones → Read More
These Tories won’t fix the rough sleeping crisis, no matter what they say
They encourage us to think that anyone who is homeless deserves it. A radical cultural shift is needed on this subject, says writer and housing campaigner Nye Jones → Read More
How 'placemaking' is tearing apart social housing communities
It’s gentrification by any other name, helping councils to force out tenants and decimate public housing, says the freelance writer Nye Jones → Read More
Here's why the idea austerity is coming to an end is total, utter nonsense
In his autumn budget on 29 October, chancellor Philip Hammond announced that the “era of austerity is finally coming to an end”. But the lack of measures in the budget to truly tackle Britain’s shocking homelessness crisis paints a very different story. Winners and losers The UK’s ideological austerity has undoubtedly benefited the rich. The government has aggressively shrunk the state since… → Read More
Greater Manchester has lost over 5,000 council homes in six years due to one government policy
Greater Manchester has lost over 5,000 council homes in the last six years due to the government’s continuation with the controversial ‘Right to Buy’ policy. Huge loss The Manchester Evening News reported on findings by Greater Manchester’s housing commission. The figures revealed that: > 5,700 homes have been lost to the RTB policy in Greater Manchester since 2012, and at the same time no… → Read More
Don't adjust your screen. The Mail is actually praising Jeremy Corbyn.
On 13 September, to the amazement of many, the Mail Online actually praised Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party: > This, from @DailyMailUK and not a sneering word in sight!!!>> — Emily Thornberry (@EmilyThornberry) September 14, 2018 Unusual The Mail Online published a story highlighting Corbyn’s “most diverse shadow cabinet ever”. It described how during Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs):… → Read More
New research shows London councils are missing affordable housing targets in a big way
New research by joint Green Party leader and member of the London Assembly Sian Berry has revealed that: > 33,424 affordable homes are missing across London as a result of London’s strategic planning policy target not being achieved. Way short London Mayor Sadiq Khan set a target that new developments should contain at least 35% ‘affordable’ homes. And the London Plan strategic target sits… → Read More
A BBC investigation has shown why homeless hostels are not fit for purpose
A BBC investigation has revealed the shocking conditions of a YMCA homeless hostel in Haringey, North London. The revelations of drug abuse, violence, and under staffing are unfortunately not an exception. Instead, they are symptomatic of homeless hostels across the country. Out of control The YMCA is “the largest provider of supported and safe accommodation in England for young people”. Its… → Read More
An SNP MP blasts the DWP's flagship policy for playing into the hands of domestic abusers
SNP MP Philippa Whitford slammed the DWP’s flagship policy – Universal Credit – for playing into the hands of domestic abusers. “Urgent reform” As Welfare Weekly reported, Whitford issued a damning statement about Universal Credit ahead of a House of Commons event organised by women’s domestic abuse organisations. She said: > The UK government must finally listen to the overwhelming evidence… → Read More
Owen Jones pulled no punches in his withering assessment of Frank Field's Labour credentials
On 30 August, Frank Field resigned the Labour whip, citing ongoing antisemitism allegations against the party as the reason. But Owen Jones delivered a withering assessment of both Field’s Labour credentials and his motivation for resigning: > Owen Jones on how Frank Field angered his CLP: -He voted with Tories on Brexit, propping them up, and was about to be deselected. -He spoke of standing… → Read More
It's official. The government is forcing people to choose between eating and paying rent.
On 29 August, the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) released a damning report on the effect of the government’s decision to freeze housing benefit rates. Frozen in time In 2016, the government froze Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates which govern the amount of housing benefit people are entitled to. Housing benefit helps low-income households cover the cost of renting, but the government… → Read More
Channel 4 News exposed the shocking hypocrisy of Theresa May praising Nelson Mandela
Channel 4 News journalist Michael Crick exposed Theresa May’s hypocrisy in eulogising Nelson Mandela, when the Margaret Thatcher government she supported labelled him a terrorist: > "Mrs Thatcher believed that Nelson Mandela was a terrorist…Did you think the same thing?"@Theresa_May is questioned by @MichaelLCrick about her stance on apartheid ahead of her visit to Robben Island, where… → Read More
The Conservatives' latest attack on Jeremy Corbyn shows they have officially run out of ideas
The Conservative Party has launched a bizarre and laughably hypocritical attack on Jeremy Corbyn’s principles: > People have been saying to me they are worried Jeremy Corbyn won’t stick to his promises. We built a website to help you make up your own mind. Take the quiz 👇 — Brandon Lewis (@BrandonLewis) August 22, 2018 ‘Jeremy’s Promises’ Conservative Party chair Brandon Lewis shared a new… → Read More
Labour is demanding the government reverses a benefit cut to help over 17,000 low-income students
Labour is calling on the government to bring back Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA), claiming disadvantaged 16 to 18 year olds could be missing out on over £1,000 a year. EMA The coalition government scrapped EMA in 2011. As BBC Newsbeat reported that year: > The Education Maintenance Allowance allowed teenagers from poorer families to claim up to £30 a week to stay in education. It was… → Read More
Esther McVey's latest jobs claims are so brazen even Andrew Neil is ripping them to shreds
The BBC‘s Andrew Neil has popped the bubble of work and pensions secretary Esther McVey and rubbished her claim that “supporting the youth of this country has been a top priority of this government since 2010”. Bluster McVey tweeted an article she wrote for the Daily Express, boasting about low youth unemployment: > UK’s youth unemployment falling by 45% since 2010 has not happened by… → Read More
Alastair Campbell comes under fire for his magazine's 'homophobic' depiction of Owen Jones
Former New Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell is facing a backlash after tweeting his magazine’s attack on Jeremy Corbyn and his allies. The latest New European front page depicts the Labour leader and four of his allies along with a wreath to “Corbynism”. Of the five figures, journalist Owen Jones is the only one depicted as crying. Many, including Jones, have accused the cartoon of being… → Read More
The government could end rough sleeping overnight with one radical solution
On 12 August, the government announced its rough sleeping plan. And it’s a truly pitiful response to England’s rough sleeping crisis, with no new money being promised and no reforms of punitive welfare policies. The government says this is part of its strategy to end rough sleeping by 2027. Yet if the will was there, it could be abolished almost overnight. The homes are there A powerful guiding… → Read More
An inspiring activist has been deselected as a Labour council candidate simply 'because she's poor'
An inspiring activist says the Labour Party has deselected her from being a council candidate in Greater Manchester, due to an unpaid council tax bill: > However I owe council tax, a big NO NO. I’m not ashamed of being poor. It’s a fact. I’m working class and proud of it. However to cut along story short I have been deselected because of this. — Charlotte Hughes (@charlotteh71) August 8, 2018… → Read More
Owen Jones has savaged the BBC's Andrew Neil, laying bare his far right associations
Guardian columnist Owen Jones has launched a scathing attack on the BBC‘s Andrew Neil, calling him out for his links to far-right figures and movements: > Could you please explain why you praised the research of an anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant foundation linked to Orban's far-right government? Or why you are hosting events at the Hungarian Embassy for this foundation? — Owen Jones🌹… → Read More
Esther McVey is spending over £200,000 on a study everyone already knows the answer to
Really? → Read More