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Community Energy for the Future
For too long, we've relied on energy produced and owned abroad – empowering oligarchs while multinational oil and gas companies make record profits all whilst our communities face higher bills which force them to make impossible decisions. With prices reaching record highs, there has never been a more important moment to invest in cheap, clean renewable energy produced and …
Wanted: A Long Term Plan for Home Energy Efficiency
Anthony lives in a 1970s bungalow owned by his local housing association in Greater Manchester. His home was part of an energy efficiency pilot scheme, where the housing association installed solar panels, triple glazed windows, new doors and cavity wall insulation. The retrofit works have brought his home up to Energy Performance Certificate B, which means, in energy …
The Home Straight
Housing and a generation of new towns was a big theme of the Labour leader’s conference speech this October — rightly so The battle lines have been drawn. October’s party conference season has seen the Conservatives and Labour start to position themselves ahead of next year’s general election on issues such as climate change, economic growth, education, and …
We Need to End National-Grid Lock
There are two existential threats to our country’s future: tackling the climate emergency and fixing Britain’s housing crisis. Future generations will not look kindly on us if we let these two systemic issues run on unresolved for another decade. They might seem like two distinct challenges, but they’re connected by one key piece of infrastructure: the National Grid. …
Making the Moral Argument for Housing
Let’s start with first principles: housing is a fundamental human right. A right so central, so fundamental, that it intersects with all others. An inalienable and essential need enshrined in moral and natural law – though not yet in the statute books. Without it, all else suffers; educational outcomes fall, inequality worsens, psychological and physical health deteriorates, and …
Labour’s Plans to Increase Home Ownership & Abolish the Leasehold System
The Labour Party will gather shortly at Liverpool to discuss the National Policy Forum’s report which is likely to form the basis of the manifesto for the next General Election. Labour is seeking the support of aspirant home owners with proposals to guarantee the deposit of those who can obtain a mortgage. The party is concerned that the …
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