Why housing is a feminist issue
Low pay and spiralling rental costs mean women are all to often trapped in appalling accommodation, writes LYNNE WALSH
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Thanks to impressive progress in Britain with wind and solar generation, clean electricity now costs a fraction of the price of gas — yet the current system keeps bills artificially high to protect fossil fuels, writes TOM HARDY
By spreading race-based conspiracy theories, the billionaire tycoon turned right-wing provocateur has been seriously undermining the case against those who really did let victims of the grooming gangs down, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Many Western countries are grappling with deep political instability. What are the causes of this, and what could be a possible way forward? asks MARC VANDEPITTE
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CHILDREN are dying in unsuitable accommodation, women are prey to exploitative landlords, and even more homes are being lost from Britain’s depleted social housing stock.
Politicians and commentators speak of this “housing crisis” to such an extent that the term seems normalised. For many living through it, the situation is catastrophic; it’s life-threatening. It is hell on earth.
There is no shortage of activity, from government promises to think tanks’ reports, to charities straining to plug the gaps and pick up pieces.
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