In the Media

Material on or by our Campaign in the Media

“Reinstate the whip for the suspended Labour MPs” in Labour Hub

Reinstate the whip for the suspended Labour MPs

“Rent hikes threaten the institution of council housing” Feb 27th 2025

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/rent-hikes-threaten-institution-council-housing

An article on opposing above inflation rent increases, in the Morning Star.

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/above-inflation-rents-to-finance-housing-deficit

We get a mention in John Harris’s article on the housing crisis, in the Guardian.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/22/labour-conference-liverpool-housing-crisis

Article on 1.5 million homes pledge references or campaign and quotes our Chair Ben Clay.

https://inews.co.uk/news/reeves-budget-boost-labour-homes-pledge-3279281

“Rayner’s flagship housing project is struggling – exposing Labour’s 1.5 million homes challenge”. References our campaign and quotes secretary Martin Wicks

https://inews.co.uk/news/rayner-housing-project-labour-homes-challenge-3186981

A letter published in the Guardian in response to an article by John Harris on the local government funding crisis.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/01/to-build-trust-with-voters-keir-starmer-must-be-honest-with-them

An article on our Open Letter to the Labour leadership, published in the Morning Star on Saturday 20th 2024

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/resolving-local-government-and-housing-crises-open-letter-labour

Article on Labourlist from our media release

Government accused of “stealing” Right to Buy cash from local councils – LabourList

Our press release on joint letter to Thangam Debbonaire on Labour Housing policy on the Labour Representation Committee and Labourhub websites

https://labourrep.com/blog/2020/9/16/labour-should-demand-the-government-funds-large-scale-council-housing-programme-and-ends-right-to-buy

https://labourhub.org.uk/2020/09/16/labour-should-demand-the-government-funds-large-scale-council-housing-programme-and-ends-right-to-buy/

Bristol Labour Mayor backs debt cancellation for local authorities

https://labourlist.org/2020/06/labour-bristol-mayor-backs-debt-cancellation-for-local-authorities/

An article in the Morning Star on the campaign to cancel local authority debt

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/no-return-austerity-cancel-local-authority-debt

An article in Labour Briefing on the debt cancellation campaign

https://labourbriefing.org/blog/2020/4/28/cancel-local-authority-debt?rq=martin%20wicks

This is a media release on the local authority debt cancellation campaign

https://thelabourcampaignforcouncilhousing.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/mediareleasemay2020.pdfmediareleasemay2020

Our letter to the new leadership reported on the Labourlist website

https://labourlist.org/2020/04/labour-must-stick-to-2019-manifesto-pledge-of-100000-council-homes-a-year/

An article on Labourlist on how Labour’s leadership candidates responded to our questions on Labour’s housing policy

https://labourlist.org/2020/02/how-labours-leadership-candidates-responded-to-council-housing-pledges/

An article on Labourlist on our Open Letter on radicalising Labour’s housing policy

https://labourlist.org/2019/10/open-letter-put-radical-housing-policies-in-labours-manifesto/