To reduce reoffending, prisoners need better support after release | Letter
Pavan Dhaliwal responds to an article on the early release of prisoners. Plus a letter from a prison officer who works in a men’s open prisonRegarding your article (Prisoners thank Andy Burnham as they leave jail in first wave of early releases, 1…
Free land for those who will build social homes on it. Is this the radical solution to the UK’s housing problem? | Phineas Harper
A bold south London initiative to give land to community groups rather than private developers could transform the systemLewisham council, in southeast London, is developing ambitious plans to transfer public land to community groups in an attempt to get…
‘I didn’t know what to do’: collapse of providers of high-end digs leaves students in shock
Cost of living crisis and drop in international students hits market for purpose-built accommodation“It was dead in the middle of summer, it was a shock,” says Nathalie Sriwiboonrattan. The fourth-year game design student at Abertay University was at…
Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growthThe Conservatives will announce a bonfire of regulations including abolishing affordable homes and community funding rules as well as…
‘This can’t go on’: tens of thousands protest against housing crisis in Spain
Demonstrators take to the streets of Madrid and other Spanish cities after new legislation fails to passTens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Madrid and other Spanish cities as they step up demands for action to tackle a mounting…
Spanish right wing votes down housing crisis plans as protest movement grows
Opposition lawmakers join forces to defeat proposals made by Socialist-led coalition after eviction of 87-year-oldRightwing lawmakers in Spain have rejected emergency measures put forward to tackle the country’s housing crisis, pitting a fractured…
It shouldn’t take the eviction of an 87-year-old to get Spain’s housing crisis fixed | María Ramírez
Pédro Sanchez is an admirer of Zohran Mamdani. It’s time Spanish politicians emulated the New York mayor’s relentless focus on affordable homesMaricarmen Abascal is a determined woman who uses a wheelchair to get around. She has needed her determination…
The Guardian view on Andy Burnham: grounds to hope for a better Britain | Editorial
By linking Brexit, voting reform and public services, the prime minister made a powerful, personal pitch for a brighter futureAndy Burnham’s first speech as prime minister to a Labour conference was a serious attempt to argue that rebuilding the public…
‘It keeps growing’: the tent camp that stands against Spain’s housing crisis
An encampment is sprawling across Puerta del Sol plaza in central Madrid in protest against the ‘rentier economy’Wielding a broom and dustpan, Marta García, 60, darted past the edges of tents, sweeping up bits of litter as she passed a poster that read:…
Burnham has a battle plan, with social care the flagship. Risks lie ahead, but Labour now travels in hope | Polly Toynbee
Here in Liverpool, the PM’s ambition for the party – and the country – is evident. There should be no complacency, but also no fearHis ambition is big enough to see from space as he promises the “biggest change to Britain in 40 years”. Andy Burnham…