Drakeford launches manifesto for Welsh Labour
Welsh Labour leadership candidate Mark Drakeford has launched his detailed manifesto for Welsh Labour – and the Welsh government – if he succeeds in his election bid. The forty-page document […]
Tag Archives: housing
Excl: Hammond ‘misspoke’ with 650,000 new homes #Budget2018 promise (video)
Chancellor Philip Hammond made a point of ‘hamming it up’ for the Tory gallery during his budget speech this afternoon, pausing frequently to allow clearly pre-planned cheers and cries of […]
The questions Sandwell council won’t answer re key Watson ally housing investigation
In June, the SKWAWKBOX published evidence of the involvement of Sandwell councillor Simon Hackett – an employee and close ally of Labour deputy leader Tom Watson – in a potential […]
Landlady launches petition to stop banks discriminating against tenants on benefits
Landlady Helena McAleer has launched an important petition that every right-minded citizen of this country should support. Many readers will have heard of landlords rejecting benefit claimants – but few will […]
Barnet tragedy unravels. String of suicide attempts in council offices, failed security, alarms not working
Last Wednesday in the North London borough of Barnet, a woman apparently driven to desperation by her situation set herself alight in the housing office of Tory-run Barnet council. She […]
Javid visits poverty-hit North-East – and talks to Bentley-owners
Home Secretary Sajid Javid – who still has not properly apologised for libelling Jeremy Corbyn last week, in spite of beating a hasty retreat when Corbyn’s lawyers got in touch […]
Raab new Brexit Secretary. Twitter: ‘One t**t out, one t**t in’
David Davis’ resignation last night as Brexit Secretary seems to have presented Theresa May with a quandary – how to find someone just as hapless to take his place. Readers […]
The questions about bypassed housing process that Sandwell’s legal team isn’t answering
Last week, the SKWAWKBOX covered the note from the housing system of Sandwell Borough Council (SBC) in the West Midlands that claimed councillor and close Tom Watson ally Simon Hackett […]
Sandwell councillor and Watson employee ‘involved’ in irregular housing allocation
Simon Hackett is a councillor in Sandwell and Chair of Sandwell Labour’s LCF (local campaign forum), which has been suspended by the Labour Party after allegations of anti-democratic behaviour by key […]
Corbyn greets Grenfell firefighters – and condemns council for failing survivors
Jeremy Corbyn took part in today’s Grenfell commemoration, including the subsequent silent march – during which he greeted firefighters who fought the blaze a year ago, together with the area’s […]