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Is there really a 'clear plan' to tackle UK's housing crisis? Five things we learned from Tory manifesto
Rishi Sunak ahead of the Conservative Manifesto launch
General election 2024

Is there really a 'clear plan' to tackle UK's housing crisis? Five things we learned from Tory manifesto

The Tory manifesto included familiar measures on rough sleeping and ending no-fault evictions as well as a bid to boost homeownership through a revived Help to Buy scheme. But will it turn around the housing crisis that has worsened while the party has been in power?
'How dare he': Sunak claims the Tories have reduced child poverty – but it's not exactly the truth
rishi sunak/ child poverty
General election 2024

'How dare he': Sunak claims the Tories have reduced child poverty – but it's not exactly the truth

Taxes, benefit cuts and bad jokes: Key takeaways from the Tory general election manifesto launch
rishi sunak
General Election 2024

Taxes, benefit cuts and bad jokes: Key takeaways from the Tory general election manifesto launch

'It's abhorrent they're still allowed': Why zero-hours contracts must be made a thing of the past
General election 2024

'It's abhorrent they're still allowed': Why zero-hours contracts must be made a thing of the past

Rishi Sunak says slashing benefits is his 'moral mission'. But what's moral about causing anxiety?
Benefits

Rishi Sunak says slashing benefits is his 'moral mission'. But what's moral about causing anxiety?

Letters: Labour aren't perfect – but they're not the Tories
Letters

Letters: Labour aren't perfect – but they're not the Tories

Rory Stewart: 'The Conservative Party is being punished for Boris Johnson and Liz Truss'
Politics

Rory Stewart: 'The Conservative Party is being punished for Boris Johnson and Liz Truss'

Everything you need to know about Tories' watered-down leasehold reforms
Michael Gove, leasehold reform
Housing

Everything you need to know about Tories' watered-down leasehold reforms

General election 2024: Over 100 seats have been held by the same party for a century, study finds
Campaigners at an electoral reform protest. One man is holding a sign reading: Our voting system fails to give us representation in government
General election 2024

General election 2024: Over 100 seats have been held by the same party for a century, study finds

Most Brits think politicians use refugees to stoke 'culture wars', study finds
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak stand side by side during the first election debate on ITV
General election 2024

Most Brits think politicians use refugees to stoke 'culture wars', study finds

10 ways the Tories categorically failed to end rough sleeping
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have not solved rough sleeping
Rough sleeping

10 ways the Tories categorically failed to end rough sleeping

National service for Gen Z, tax breaks for boomers: Why 'desperate' Tories are chasing older voters
General Election 2024

National service for Gen Z, tax breaks for boomers: Why 'desperate' Tories are chasing older voters

'Get a grip' and act on reality, not prejudice, MP Liam Fox tells his Tory colleagues
Liam Fox
Politics

'Get a grip' and act on reality, not prejudice, MP Liam Fox tells his Tory colleagues

Sunak calls general election for 4 July: 'It's time to put a limping government out of its misery'
General election 2024

Sunak calls general election for 4 July: 'It's time to put a limping government out of its misery'

Tories are gloating that cost of living crisis is over – they're wrong: 'The country is going backwards'
unclaimed benefits/ dwp
Cost of living crisis

Tories are gloating that cost of living crisis is over – they're wrong: 'The country is going backwards'

Tories won't let the UN investigate rise of food banks in UK. Labour must welcome them
Philip Alston UN investigates poverty, food poverty and food banks
Alex Firth

Tories won't let the UN investigate rise of food banks in UK. Labour must welcome them

Tories seem to think pandering to the extreme right is a vote-winner. But where's the evidence?
Adam Barnett

Tories seem to think pandering to the extreme right is a vote-winner. But where's the evidence?

Aslef boss Mick Whelan on train strikes, hope with Labour and why Brits must reject 'politics of envy'
Train strikes

Aslef boss Mick Whelan on train strikes, hope with Labour and why Brits must reject 'politics of envy'

Would-be voters turned away from polling stations for not having ID: 'This hurts our democracy'
polling station/ general election
Democracy

Would-be voters turned away from polling stations for not having ID: 'This hurts our democracy'

Tory renting reforms pass Commons with no date for no-fault eviction ban: 'It needs major surgery'
Jacob Young on Renters Reform Bill
RENTING

Tory renting reforms pass Commons with no date for no-fault eviction ban: 'It needs major surgery'

No-fault evictions will be scrapped 'in name only' under Tory renting reforms, campaigners warn
London Renters Union activists protest against Michael Gove and Renters Reform Bill
RENTING

No-fault evictions will be scrapped 'in name only' under Tory renting reforms, campaigners warn

St George's Day: Why we mustn't let Englishness be hijacked by the far-right
St George's Day

St George's Day: Why we mustn't let Englishness be hijacked by the far-right

Home Office whistleblower reveals 'shame' of working on 'crackpot Tory' plan to criminalise homelessness
Criminal Justice Bill will criminalise 'nuisance rough sleeping and begging'
Homelessness

Home Office whistleblower reveals 'shame' of working on 'crackpot Tory' plan to criminalise homelessness

UK housing crisis is so bad that some people waiting 55 years for a social home: 'We need change'
social housing in England
Social housing

UK housing crisis is so bad that some people waiting 55 years for a social home: 'We need change'

Big Issue Group responds to Rishi Sunak’s proposed welfare reforms
Rishi Sunak during his speech on the UK's 'sick note culture'
Press Release

Big Issue Group responds to Rishi Sunak’s proposed welfare reforms