News / Tory MPs’ rent expenses soar as they inflict real-terms housing benefit cut Exclusive: Tory MPs blamed rising rents for increased claims, while government imposed freeze on poorest tenants By Chaminda Jayanetti / 22 Mar 2023
News / Number of Universal Credit claimants relying on hardship payments soars EXCLUSIVE: The number of people needing emergency loans is 80% higher than in 2019 due to soaring benefit sanctions By Chaminda Jayanetti / 26 Sep 2022
News / NHS privatisation linked to 557 ‘treatable’ deaths in five years Oxford University researchers found relative spend on outsourcing was associated with deaths from certain illnesses By Chaminda Jayanetti / 29 Jun 2022
News / 87,000 people can’t keep up with care bills as cost of living soars Exclusive: 1 in 4 ‘chargeable’ care users sent reminders or warnings, and hundreds referred to debt collectors By Chaminda Jayanetti / 23 May 2022
News / COVID benefit cut leaves half a million disabled people £1,000 a year worse off Sunak’s Budget sop to ‘reward work’ for worst hit by Universal Credit changes still hammers UK households unable to take jobs due to ill-health By Chaminda Jayanetti / 29 Oct 2021
News / Millions on pre-paid energy meters could face cut-off as prices soar Unavoidable charges for gas and electricity threaten to tip many of Britain's poorest people into debt or destitution By Chaminda Jayanetti / 20 Oct 2021
Opinion / Labour won’t commit to helping disabled people live full lives Keir Starmer supported a radical plan that would allow disabled people to live independently – but only while he was campaigning to become leader By Chaminda Jayanetti / 24 Sep 2021
Analysis / The COVID evictions ban is ending – and renters face an uncertain future Two years after the government first promised to abolish Section 21 'no-fault' evictions, tenants must wait some more By Chaminda Jayanetti / 28 May 2021
Analysis / Back to the future: is Brexit Britain preparing to unleash Big Finance? As powers move from Brussels to London, many fear the UK is unlearning crucial lessons from the global financial crisis. By Chaminda Jayanetti / 1 Apr 2021
News / Number of private tenants facing rent shortfall leaps by nearly 50% in pandemic Campaigners call for Rishi Sunak to increase rent support to end the rent debt crisis and prevent rising homelessness By Chaminda Jayanetti / 26 Feb 2021
News / 50,000 more homes hit by Britain's bedroom tax, as scientists warn of COVID-19 risk Soaring benefits claims since the start of the pandemic have resulted in a jump in households affected by the controversial ‘spare room’ penalty By Chaminda Jayanetti / 23 Feb 2021
News / Stamp duty holiday leading to homelessness, new figures suggest Exclusive: Tenants’ rights activists tell openDemocracy that some landlords are trying to cash in by speeding up evictions By Chaminda Jayanetti / 19 Feb 2021
