One of the best articles on the political importance of housing I’ve read for ages. All true. #ukhousingwww.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Labour, beware: Britain’s housing crisis is driving voters towards populism | John Harris

Whenever I talk to people who are bitterly disconnected from politics, they raise the lack of decent homes, says Guardian columnist John Harris

Red Brick has been a victim of its own success (aka we got too many subscribers and maxxed out our monthly email usage) so 'Housing Wrapped' will be published on our website for the next few weeks! Be sure to check it out and subscribe for when we're back up and running:

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For the next few weeks Red Brick readers will get a web preview of our subscriber-only newsletter 'housing wrapped'! Check below for the latest in housing news, events, and research: redbrickblog.co.uk/2024/09/hous...

Housing Wrapped: a look ahead to conference season - Red Brick

For the next few weeks, Red Brick readers are offered a free preview of our subscriber-only newsletter!

Progressive Housing blog to follow if you don’t already.

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📖 NEW ARTICLE | Labour Conference 2024: What’s going on for housing? We have assembled the definitive summary of housing activities at the upcoming Labour Party Conference. With 49 housing events and counting, Conference will be busier than ever! redbrickblog.co.uk/2024/09/labo...

Labour Conference 2024: What’s going on for housing? - Red Brick

Red Brick editor Alex Toal looks ahead to what is going on for housing at the upcoming Labour Party Conference.

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I don’t think I know many people from #Newcastle on Bluesky yet….. but please keep a look out for Katie, the wonderful chaplain from the Freeman Hospital, who is missing 🏥 - and contact Northumbria Police on the number below if you have any information ☎️ Praying for her safe return

In some inner-London boroughs it's now more than one in ten. And we wonder why the "disadvantage gap" at school is widening again.In some inner-London boroughs it's now more than one in ten. And we wonder why the "disadvantage gap" at school is widening again.

We need higher public investment to boost growth. As I say here, the idea that the markets will punish us/panic if the government does the right thing has no theoretical or empirical basis. www.channel4.com/news/stagnat...

Stagnation and decline if government doesn’t boost investment, warn leading economists

Rachel Reeves has been warned that she needs to “substantially increase” government investment to avoid “a vicious circle of stagnation and decline”.

We agree at Trussell - freezing LHA again risks driving more people into hunger & to the door of foodbanks. As well as fuelling homelessness, which does the same. It’s vital government commits this October to uprating with rents as a matter of course.

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Let’s talk about Local Housing Allowance, the most important bit of the welfare state you’ve probably never heard of Read more in my new report (citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...) or the thread below 👇

Great that there's a huge amount of housing debate at Labour Party Conference - notably about how the government could build 1.5 million homes and make homes safe and warm. Red Brick Blog Editor Alex Toal has come up with the definitive guide. redbrickblog.co.uk/2024/09/labo...

Labour Conference 2024: What’s going on for housing? - Red Brick

Red Brick editor Alex Toal looks ahead to what is going on for housing at the upcoming Labour Party Conference.

£3m *per day* on temporary accommodation in London alone. How much longer will we tolerate spending so much on something that delivers such poor outcomes? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

London Councils: Boroughs face bankruptcy without government help

More councils in London will face effective bankruptcy unless the government boosts budgets, according to London Councils.