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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The beleaguered Labour leader of Ealing Council, Julian Bell, narrowly survived a leadership challenge at the Labour Group’s AGM last week, as ongoing controversy over his domestic housing arrangements and […]
One of the Tories’ biggest missteps in 2017 was their decision to include the ‘dementia tax’ on the homes of pensioners in care. The move – clung to in spite […]
Chancellor Philip Hammond challenged the UK public, during his ‘Spring Statement’, to Judge me by my record. Mr Hammond should be careful what he wishes for. When Labour entered government […]