The crew of the Freedom Flotilla boat, Handala, warned Israel to obey international law but are now in captivity, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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It’s time to end the housing crisis
Labour must make pledging to build affordable housing central to its strategy going into 2021 and the fallout from Covid-19, writes JON TRICKETT MP
A Chilean court ruled that funds were illegally taken by the dictator to accumulate family wealth that is now disputed among his heirs, writes PABLO MERIGUET
DAVID HORSLEY remembers communist seaman Bill Bailey, the ‘Kid from Hoboken,’ whose heroics in tearing down a swastika flag from a ship’s mast inspired early anti-fascist resistance
Our Foreign Secretary now condemns Israel in the Commons, yet Britain still supplies weapons and intelligence for its bombing campaigns — as the horror reaches perhaps the final stage, action must finally replace words, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
I went to bed planning for university, but woke to bombs falling on Gaza, losing my home, best friend, and nearly my hand — yet I am unbroken, and still dream of writing to carry Palestinian voices worldwide, writes EMAN GHASSAN ABUZAYED
The shock suspension of socialist MPs and Diane Abbott’s re-suspension reveals a leadership intent on crushing internal debate — but MERCEDES VILLALBA MSP warns against surrendering party democracy without a fight
THE whole of the last century proved beyond doubt that the private market in housing in Britain is not fit for purpose. It will never meet the needs of the people. There are a number of reasons why this is the case. Once again — two decades into the 21st century — we are back into an acute crisis.
A decent roof of our own over our head. It is not too much to ask. Either bought or more likely rented. Yet these words, or something like them, are increasingly heard from people young and old in my constituency of Hemsworth. Here we have seen council waiting lists for housing increase from 20,014 households in 2014 to 29,227 in 2019. It’s the same across the country as a whole.
Take rented housing. The facts speak for themselves. Tragically, more than a million households are in need of social housing. Estimates show that this will rise to over two million in England in 2021 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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