Councillor SAM WHEELER says there’s a tangible shift in mood on the left in the city whose mayor has recently become PM — but there’s no room for complacency
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.
The new PM may offer more of the same, but early signs on his housing policies look promising, says GLYNN ROBBINS
Building is the solution for much of our housing crisis – and will also help to address poverty, ill health, and even anti-social behaviour and alienation, writes KENNY MacASKILL
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises



