The Bedroom Tax: The Unkindest Cut of All?
by Jim Grundy On 1st April 2013, a little under 1,000 Ashfield District Council tenancies will be subject to the new ‘Under-Occupancy Charge’, more commonly known as the ‘Bedroom Tax’. It is difficult...
View ArticleThe beginning of the end of Social Housing?
The beginning of the end of Social Housing? By Sue Fairweather I do have a very vested and selfish interest in the outcome of all that we fight for on this page to protect our ‘social’ homes simply...
View ArticleSpare Houses for the Rich – No Spare Bedrooms for the Poor
Spare Houses for the Rich – No Spare Bedrooms for the Poor By CJ Stone, previously published here There were two items of news this week which seemed to fit uncannily together. One of them was about...
View ArticleBedroom Tax Song: You Cannae Have A Spare Room in a Pokey Cooncil Flat
Bedroom Tax Song: You Cannae Have A Spare Room in a Pokey Cooncil Flat Published on Mar 27, 2013 LYRICS AND INFO A song about the Bedroom Tax, written for the demos all over the UK on Saturday 30th...
View ArticleThis Ghastly Bedroom Tax spreads Fear… #bedroomtax
The Ghastly Bedroom Tax spreads Fear By Jim Grundy This is a transcript of a speech I gave at Ashfield District Council last night when I moved a motion calling upon the Government to scrap the...
View ArticleConDemed: The Great Housing and Welfare Swindle Part 1:
ConDemed: The Great Housing and Welfare Swindle Part 1: A Potted History of the Context of UK Housing & Welfare Policy By Marxist Nutter previously published here: Introduction: The Rise and Rise...
View ArticleThe Strategy of The Bedroom Tax
We are told that George Osborne treats politics as a game of chess: … it is one of those three-tiered chessboards. The lower tier is tactics, the art of winning day-by-day scuffles. The middle tier is...
View ArticleMonopoly and the Landlords’ Game
The Landlord’s Game From @Earwiggle Most people have heard of the board game Monopoly, a game which like Marmite, children soon learn to love or hate. The playing pieces are a feature of the game,...
View ArticleThe Landlords’ Game and the Opportunists
The Landlord’s Game And the Opportunists Most people have heard of the board game Monopoly, a game which like Marmite, children soon learn to love or hate. The playing pieces are a feature of the...
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