CLAUDIA WEBBE speaks out against the lethal mechanics of Britain’s culture-war press
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Why right to buy wrought so much damage
The current housing crisis is a direct result of the government’s ‘aspiration’ con, which many working-class people sadly but understandably fell for, says
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While riding the No 3 bus in Glasgow MATT KERR has ample time to dissect the moribund Scottish Labour decline into near oblivion and watch intriguing bus passenger dynamics
The Welsh government has declared its intention that, should Labour win the Assembly elections in 2016, it will seek to abolish the Thatcherite right to buy policy.
This scheme grants council tenants the ability to purchase their home at a substantial discount, reducing the already inadequate social housing stock even further.
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