New research by the housing charity Shelter shows that there will be 135,000 homeless children this Christmas – an increase of seven thousand in just two years. The number of […]
Council housing programme will transform lives of millions and help environment Labour’s manifesto, which launches tomorrow, will include new plans for the biggest council and social housing programme in decades […]
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 […]
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 […]
new ‘centrist’ Council leader elected by a single vote councillor who voted for the leader implicated in serious property and electoral scandal a number of local Labour sources claim the […]
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 […]
A protest against Haringey Council’s HDV (Haringey Development Vehicle) project to transfer ownership of thousands of council houses to a public-private partnership for demolition and ‘redevelopment’ went ahead last night, […]
The SKWAWKBOX continues to have a material impact on the UK’s political landscape and narrative. Over just the last week or so, we’ve exclusively revealed that: outgoing Haringey council leader […]