Mick Whitley calls for ‘wealth tax and genuinely progressive tax reforms’

Mick Whitley, Labour MP for Birkenhead, is supporting our Open Letter for resolving the local government and housing crises. Here are extracts from his speech to Parliament in response to the budget. “The British public understand what this government does not, that you cannot cut your way to growth. They remember how the Tories ideologically … Continue reading Mick Whitley calls for ‘wealth tax and genuinely progressive tax reforms’

20 MPs demand: fund local government to prevent a new phase of austerity and to support large scale council house building programme

Claudia Webbe, MP The Labour Campaign for Council Housing welcomes this letter by a cross-party collection of MPs. The 4 policies highlighted are included in a letter to the Labour leadership which we are collecting signatures to. It's critical to campaign on these demands (see Claudia's letter ). Richie Sunak's Spending Review fails to address … Continue reading 20 MPs demand: fund local government to prevent a new phase of austerity and to support large scale council house building programme