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Tory planning reform may have cost England 25,000 affordable homes

Tory planning reform may have cost England 25,000 affordable homes

Government wants to allow more office-to-home conversions despite finding majority were poor quality
Adam Bychawski 14 Feb 2024
Almost 10,000 social rent homes were lost last year in England

Almost 10,000 social rent homes were lost last year in England

More social rent homes were sold or demolished than built last year, new government figures show
Ruby Lott-Lavigna 09 Feb 2024
UK housing minister makes misleading claim about ‘increase’ in social homes

UK housing minister makes misleading claim about ‘increase’ in social homes

Lee Rowley said Tories had built 700,000 social homes but made no reference to plummeting stock of social rent homes
Ruby Lott-Lavigna, Sam Gelder 30 Jan 2024
Limits of devolution and austerity were ‘lethal’ for Scotland during pandemic

Limits of devolution and austerity were ‘lethal’ for Scotland during pandemic

UK Covid inquiry heard how Scottish workers suffered due to cuts that left public services ‘ill-equipped’ for crisis
Laura Oliver 17 Jan 2024
Will the Tories meet their 2019 manifesto pledges?

Will the Tories meet their 2019 manifesto pledges?

Remember the 40 new hospitals and the 300,000 additional homes a year? Here’s how that’s going
Ruby Lott-Lavigna 02 Jan 2024
More than just an election: The other key political events in 2024

More than just an election: The other key political events in 2024

From new immigration laws to the Covid inquiry’s module on vaccines, 2024 is more than just a year to head to the polls
Ruby Lott-Lavigna 02 Jan 2024
Israel’s latest weapon against Palestine is Egypt’s debt

Israel’s latest weapon against Palestine is Egypt’s debt

Will Egypt agree to take in the Palestinian population expelled from Gaza in exchange for the cancellation of its external debt?
Alfons Pérez, Nicola Scherer 18 Dec 2023

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