The housing crisis in London needs little introduction. One in 50 Londoners are homeless and living in temporary accommodation organised by their local borough. More than 336,000 households languish ...
The brutal killing of Ann Widdecombe earlier this year has given us all cause to pause about the state of our politics. We do not yet know why she was killed, and it would be wrong to speculate. But ...
None of us who remember the terrible time local government endured in the 1980s as budgets were sliced and powers reduced can be unhappy to see greater powers given to local government now. In the 198 ...
Fifty families in Britain hold as much wealth as 34 million people. This Autumn Conference, join us for A Just Society's first fringe event, held jointly with Patriotic Millionaires UK. We'll be ...
The Chancellor faces a difficult Budget. There is little room to manoeuvre on tax or borrowing. Households and businesses are under enormous pressure. Long-term government borrowing costs have reached ...
Comment is free, but facts are sacred” wrote The Guardian’s editor CP Scott in 1921. A century and a bit later, the story of Reform UK’s £72 million of donations shows how Westminster has become a ...
Eagle-eyed Conference goers this year may spot enlarged Brighton beaches, thanks to a scheme extending them to combat coastal erosion. Dumping tonnes of rocks is hard work, but the simplicity has a ...
Britain has accumulated government without accumulating democratic power. A citizen trying to discover who is responsible for a major decision can now encounter ministers, councils, combined ...
There's the heartrending story of Anna Sabine MP over on PoliticsHome's The House section. Anna tells their Ben Gartside how emergency surgery led to the loss of her voice. The Frome and East Somerset ...
Over on the Democracy For Sale site, former Lib Dem MP for Cambridge and electoral commissioner, David Howarth writes about the problem of big money in British politics and suggests three ways to ...
The Brexit referendum was a watershed moment in British politics. Ten years on, the British political landscape is still very much carved out between ‘Remain’ and ‘Leave’. Among Remainers, there are ...
If ever there were a moment to have a serious conversation about how we fund our politics, this is it. In the space of just ...