Kevin Gulliver
Left Foot Forward
United Kingdom
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Coronavirus response: The government's plans for renters are a total betrayal
The 'ban on evictions' is nothing of the sort, writes Kevin Gulliver. → Read More
11 housing policies we need to protect everyone from coronavirus
Everyone should be housed safely. → Read More
Austerity has left the UK more vulnerable to the Coronavirus pandemic
If further evidence that austerity is a dangerous idea were needed, the Covid-19 virus has surely provided it. Austerity has impoverished public sector workers and had disproportionately damaging effects on the most disadvantaged in society. → Read More
Rishi Sunak's budget should 'level up' by reducing inequality
Imagine if 'levelling-up' was more than just a vacuous trope. → Read More
As the Marmot report shows, inequality robs the poorest of years of life and good health
And austerity has made it worse. → Read More
This latest Tory housing wheeze is likely to be as doomed as the last one
The homeless are being forgotten as the Tories seek to 'level up' housing. → Read More
As the Grenfell disaster inquiry starts again, it’s time for social housing tenants to be heard
Upcoming legislation must give a real voice to social housing tenants. → Read More
Forget the tabloid tantrums: Institutional racism is bigger than any royal race row
British society remains rigged against BAME people. → Read More
It’s time to end the dire legacy of Thatcherism
The hard right’s takeover of the Tory Party is almost complete – but we can stop it. → Read More
Grenfell showed government’s neglect of people living in social housing
Social tenants need more power over their landlords. → Read More
Without economic equality, 'social mobility' will always be a fantasy
The rich will always do better in life - we must reduce the gap between rich and poor. → Read More
40 years since her election, Margaret Thatcher still casts a long shadow over Britain
We're picking up the pieces to this day, writes Kevin Gulliver. → Read More
Institutional racism persists two decades after the McPherson report
Amid the shambles that are the Brexit negotiations, the twentieth anniversary of the publication of the McPherson report went largely unreported.The report, based on the inquiry into the murder o → Read More
Shelter report recommends major shake-up of social housing
The final report from the Shelter social housing commission calls for more than 3m new social homes to be built over the next two decades, extended social → Read More
This Brexit-obsessed government is neglecting the housing crisis
On the same day that Prime Minister Theresa May postponed the Parliamentary vote on her rapidly sinking Brexit deal, a new report revealing the UK’s deepening housing crisis was published.This → Read More
Yes Andrew Marr, rising homelessness is a political choice
You know things must be particularly bad when the BBC's highest paying journalists start commenting on the nation's social deprivation. So imagine my surprise when Andrew Marr said at the top of → Read More
How new DWP chief Amber Rudd is in denial over Britain’s poverty crisis
Amber Rudd, the new Work and Pensions Secretary, in her return to the House of Commons despatch box following her resignation over the Windrush scandal six months ago, chose to refute the findings of → Read More
Theresa May's housing announcements do not add up to a coherent strategy
National Housing Day: Tory plans will barely scratch the surface of the crisis in social housing, writes Kevin Gulliver. → Read More
To rebuild Britain small business and state enterprise will have to come together
Kevin Gulliver argues that Labour will need the ‘big battalions’ of the state and the ‘little platoons’ of civic society to build a fairer Britain. → Read More
Why the PM's social housing pledges are too little and too late
Technocratic tinkering won't solve the housing crisis. → Read More