A child has died from Britain’s failed housing system. Will the government finally act?
Incidents like the death of Awaab Ishak are thankfully rare; the conditions that lead to them are all too common.
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How political failures led to the Grenfell Tower fire
Peter Apps’s book, Show Me the Bodies, forensically uncovers the truth about the disaster that killed 72 people in 2017.
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Child asylum seekers are caught between the Home Office and cash-strapped councils
Already subject to invasive assessments, minors may now be at risk of deportation to Rwanda.
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Government failing to address “deadly issue” of air pollution
The Public Accounts Committee has called for a new approach to tackling poor air quality.
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The Policy Ask with Adam Lent: “You can’t rip resources away from councils and claim to have a moral compass”
The chief executive of the New Local think tank on flexible working, the underfunding of local authorities and what the…
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Councils will crumble under Jeremy Hunt’s spending cuts
Growth does not have to require the hollowing out of public services.
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My local café is the centre of the community – but inflation is killing it
Once a neighbourhood dies, it is lost forever.
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“The Tories are seen as increasingly anti-London”, says Westminster’s first Labour leader
Adam Hug on his party’s path to power in the capital’s iconic borough.
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Wakefield and Tiverton & Honiton by-election results
Full coverage as the Conservatives lose two by-elections in one night.
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Is this really the best the Tories can do for by-election candidates?
Helen Hurford refused to say whether Boris Johnson was trustworthy, while Nadeem Ahmed compared his predecessor to Harold Shipman.
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From the NS archive: The twenty-year wait
19 December 1980: Britain will soon be well on the way to recreating the slum housing problems of the Forties.
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Pothole politics: A green councillor on breaking through in south London
The Greens gained seats across England, Scotland and Wales. They now hold real power in Croydon.
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Pothole politics: a Lib Dem councillor on the party’s renaissance in Sunderland
The north-east city is famous for quick election declarations, but residents need action on energy costs.
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Pothole politics: A Labour councillor’s view on winning Herts
A local councillor tells Spotlight about the challenges ahead in the commuter belt, where residents have turned away from the…
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Pothole politics: A Tory councillor on Croydon in crisis
The south London borough changed hands at the local elections. A councillor tells Spotlight about the challenges ahead.
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Who will Scottish voters blame for falling living standards?
The surge in inflation is a threat to both the SNP and the Conservatives.
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Towns and smaller settlements can and should be part of “levelling-up”
Government needs to look beyond the big cities to what local government can deliver.
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