What does the proposed deal on right to buy mean for social housing?
Housing Minister Greg Clarke has made housing associations an offer they can’t refuse: they have to ‘voluntarily’ agree to ‘right to buy’ in exchange for which they escape the fate…
Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices: Our Panel Reacts
Following Matthew Taylor’s review of modern working practises, we asked our panel for their reactions. Sally Hunt, University and College Union (UCU) General Secretary This report offers warm words for…
Does inequality matter?
As Class releases Why Inequality Matters – a new publication based on the findings of The Spirit Level, Owen Jones asks do we really need to worry about inequality. Does…
Nobody Should Rely on Charity to Eat
Last year I worked with the National Education Union to produce a Child Poverty report for my Wansbeck Constituency. Its findings were stark. As always, the figures told their own…
70 Years On: Protect Our NHS
Last week the National Health Service celebrated its 70th birthday to much fanfare and celebration. The NHS has been described as one of the greatest social achievements of the 20th…