Friday 30 April 2021 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Thangam Debbonaire responds to Government consultation on tax on housing developers to pay for removal of dangerous cladding Continue Reading
Thursday 29 April 2021 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire “The fight to fix the cladding scandal is not over.” – Thangam Debbonaire Continue Reading
Thursday 4 March 2021 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Stamp Duty change will hand half a billion pounds to landlords and holiday lets Continue Reading
Saturday 27 February 2021 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Thangam Debbonaire responds to reports of 95% mortgages in the Budget Continue Reading
Monday 1 February 2021 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Thangam Debbonaire’s cladding speech in the House of Commons Continue Reading
Sunday 31 January 2021 Housing Keir Starmer sets out cladding demands ahead of crunch vote to protect leaseholders from costs Continue Reading
Thursday 28 January 2021 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Labour to force vote to protect millions of leaseholders impacted by cladding scandal Continue Reading
Tuesday 19 January 2021 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Thangam Debbonaire responds to the Government’s Future Homes Standard announcement Continue Reading
Friday 8 January 2021 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Government’s last minute U-turn on evictions ban not good enough – Thangam Debbonaire Continue Reading
Thursday 7 January 2021 Housing / Mike Amesbury Mike Amesbury responds to announcement on leasehold reform Continue Reading
Wednesday 6 January 2021 Coronavirus / Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Not housing rough sleepers in new lockdown is extremely irresponsible – Thangam Debbonaire Continue Reading
Thursday 17 December 2020 Housing / Mike Amesbury Mike Amesbury responds to the Government’s Building Safety announcement Continue Reading
Monday 14 December 2020 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Homeless deaths should raise alarm as we head into dangerous winter for rough sleepers Continue Reading
Tuesday 17 November 2020 Housing Mike Amesbury responds to the Social Housing White Paper Continue Reading
Tuesday 3 November 2020 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Labour calls for a renewal of the ban on evictions as well as the ban on repossessions Continue Reading
Tuesday 3 November 2020 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Labour calls for a repeat of ‘Everyone In’ to protect rough sleepers this winter Continue Reading
Wednesday 30 September 2020 Housing / Mike Amesbury Labour urges Tory MPs to vote down legislation that will create new generation of slums and destroy high streets Continue Reading
Wednesday 23 September 2020 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Lifting evictions ban amid second Covid spike is a betrayal of promise to renters – Thangam Debonnaire Continue Reading
Thursday 17 September 2020 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Labour warns the Government they have 48 hours to protect renters Continue Reading
Wednesday 16 September 2020 Housing / Mike Amesbury Mike Amesbury responds to the release of the Public Accounts Committee report on progress in remediating dangerous cladding Continue Reading
Thursday 10 September 2020 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Government is gearing up for a drastic increase in evictions – Thangam Debbonaire Continue Reading
Thursday 10 September 2020 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Government fails to bring forward evictions legislation ahead of ban lifting on 20th September Continue Reading
Monday 7 September 2020 Housing / Sarah Jones Labour accuse Government of ‘shameful U-turn’ on promise to implement Grenfell Inquiry recommendations Continue Reading
Sunday 6 September 2020 Housing / Sarah Jones Labour will attempt to legislate to force Government to implement the Grenfell Inquiry recommendations Continue Reading
Friday 4 September 2020 Housing / Mike Amesbury Labour welcomes enforcement action by Competition and Markets Authority – Mike Amesbury Continue Reading
Friday 21 August 2020 Housing / Karl Turner End of evictions ban threatens to unleash a tsunami of evictions proceedings that could overwhelm courts Continue Reading
Thursday 20 August 2020 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Mayors and Council Leaders call for urgent extension of evictions ban Continue Reading
Thursday 20 August 2020 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Thangam Debbonaire responds to the latest government homelessness statistics Continue Reading
Thursday 13 August 2020 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire With the recession more people are likely to struggle with the cost of housing – Thangam Debbonaire Continue Reading
Wednesday 5 August 2020 Housing Developer’s Charter will see communities side-lined – Mike Amesbury Continue Reading
Tuesday 21 July 2020 Housing / Mike Amesbury Homebuyers don’t need another consultation – Mike Amesbury Continue Reading
Tuesday 14 July 2020 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Thangam Debbonaire responds to a ruling that housing benefit discrimination has been judged unlawful and in breach of the Equality Act Continue Reading
Thursday 9 July 2020 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Revealed: Sunak’s secret £1bn giveaway to second home owners and landlords Continue Reading
Monday 6 July 2020 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Emergency legislation needed to protect renters from eviction – response to Shelter research Continue Reading
Tuesday 30 June 2020 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Thangam Debbonaire responds to Prime Minister’s planning reform announcement Continue Reading
Tuesday 30 June 2020 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Thangam Debbonaire on housing affordability Continue Reading
Wednesday 24 June 2020 Housing / Steve Reed Steve Reed reacts to the publication of documents relating to the Westferry “cash for favours” scandal Continue Reading
Tuesday 23 June 2020 Housing / Steve Reed Labour will force House of Commons vote over “cash-for-favours” Continue Reading
Wednesday 17 June 2020 Housing / Steve Reed Labour demands the Prime Minister discloses meetings with Richard Desmond in the run up to the Westferry development scandal Continue Reading
Saturday 13 June 2020 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Grenfell – Government must act as figures show 56,000 people still living in buildings with cladding Continue Reading
Thursday 11 June 2020 Housing Mike Amesbury comments on the failure to meet the Government’s June 2020 deadline for the removal of all Grenfell-style cladding Continue Reading
Wednesday 10 June 2020 Housing Richard Desmond gave Tories £12k after development plans given approval Continue Reading
Monday 8 June 2020 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Thangam Debbonaire letter to Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Continue Reading
Wednesday 3 June 2020 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Thangam Debbonaire responds to Luke Hall suggestion that rough sleepers should move in with family and friends Continue Reading
Monday 25 May 2020 Housing / Thangam Debbonaire Shadow Housing Minister responds to government announcement on new homes for rough sleepers Continue Reading
Thursday 21 May 2020 Housing / Keir Starmer Keir Starmer and Labour mayors join forces to call on Government to seize “once in a generation opportunity” to tackle rough sleeping Continue Reading
Wednesday 6 May 2020 Housing Delay in making buildings safe putting lives at risk and causing distress – Amesbury Continue Reading