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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 answer to the housing crisis? New council homes
Everyone should have the right to decent housing that meets their needs and is truly affordable, writes Steve Murphy
Communist Party leaders Alex Gordon and Lorraine Douglas deliver vital medicines in trip to besieged socialist island
TUC Cymru is playing a leading role in tackling far-right ideas in the workplace, says LAURA DOEL
A New Delhi press conference in which Sheikh Hasina and her son implied the new order in Bangladesh is a security threat to India has sparked fears she is planning a comeback. SIAM SAROWER JAMIL reports on the fallout
Two months of student unrest have forced out India’s education minister and rattled the BJP regime. Could this be the beginning of the end for Modi, asks Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary MA BABY
MAT COWARD says the heatwave is a testing time for gardeners — but he has some tips
Without good-quality housing, a person’s life chances are dramatically reduced. People who are brought up in overcrowded or inadequate accommodation are more likely to suffer poor health, go to prison and have lower educational attainment.
Given those stark facts, it is simply appalling that in the 21st century there are officially over 1.7 million people on housing waiting lists in England alone, and that according to Shelter there are 41,000 households that are officially homeless.
People’s life chances are being crushed because, as a country, we are failing to put a roof over their heads.
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