Chris Hinchliff, MP Our entire political system is discredited by the abject failure to provide a decent genuinely affordable home for so many people across the UK. If Labour does not meaningfully break with decades of disappointment and deliver an effective remedy to the housing crisis, millions across the country will lose faith in the … Continue reading “Labour is being badly misled on housing”
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The end of zero carbon homes?
This is from the Town and Country Planning Association Today, a group of over 60 local authorities, businesses and NGOs are calling on the government to scrap plans that could spell the end of zero carbon homes in England. In a letter to the Rt Hon Steve Reed MP, the Secretary of State for Housing, … Continue reading The end of zero carbon homes?
Above inflation rent increases can’t compensate for under-funding of council housing
Driving up rent will impoverish tenants, it won't resolve the council housing funding crisis. In explaining our opposition to 10 years of above inflation rent increases and 'rent convergence' (No to 10 years of above inflation rent increases – Labour Campaign for Council Housing ) we said that “These policies are a substitute – to … Continue reading Above inflation rent increases can’t compensate for under-funding of council housing
Council housing is the key to resolving the housing crisis
Media release January 20th 2026 In an interview on ITV a Minister has finally explained why the government opposes funding a large scale council house building programme. Daniel Hewitt asked Steve Reed why the government didn't do what the Attlee government did; its mass council house building programme. According to Reed it's because people have … Continue reading Council housing is the key to resolving the housing crisis
Local government financial settlement : this is not the break from austerity we need
LGA Labour Leader Bev Craig has said that the government's three year local government funding settlement indicates that “austerity is over”. Yet even she admits that the funding gap for local authorities has only been reduced from £6 billion to £4 billion. Look at the financial projections and you see that councils' 'core spending power' … Continue reading Local government financial settlement : this is not the break from austerity we need
Too poor for council or housing association homes
A report from the housing campaign, Crisis, in collaboration with Herior-Watt University and the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence indicates that around a third of housing associations surveyed said pre-tenancy affordability checks determined that the applicant would not be given a tenancy due to “too low an income or insecure finances”. According to Crisis … Continue reading Too poor for council or housing association homes
The government should end its support for the Tory policy of “affordable rent”
The Labour Campaign for Council Housing is calling on the government to end support for the increasingly unaffordable “affordable rent”, introduced by the Tories. “Affordable rent” (AR) was introduced by the Tories as part of their austerity programme. It allowed rent to be charged at up to 80% of market rent. Tenants were to be … Continue reading The government should end its support for the Tory policy of “affordable rent”
Build, Baby Build — But Who Really Wins?
The Government is doubling down on a system designed for corporate gain rather than public need, suggests Cllr James Valentine. From Labour Hub The Government’s new Planning and Infrastructure Bill is being sold as a game-changer for housebuilding, the legislative key to unlocking its election promise of 1.5 million new homes. But beneath the fanfare, … Continue reading Build, Baby Build — But Who Really Wins?
“The lack of housing is such a fertile source of human misery”
how and why DID the labour leadership prevent a debate on council housing? For the fourth year running housing has been kept off the agenda of the Labour Party conference. This was no accident. The Labour leadership has sought to prevent a debate. The main instrument for stopping resolutions which the leadership doesn't want debated … Continue reading “The lack of housing is such a fertile source of human misery”
Reinstate the suspended MPs
The decision to suspend four Labour MPs and take away the role of three trade envoys, following the row over the ill-health and disability benefit cuts, runs counter to the government's promise to engage with back benchers. It is completely unprecedented for 127 Labour MPs to sign a 'reasoned amendment' which would kill a government … Continue reading Reinstate the suspended MPs
Labour Campaign for Council Housing 