Feature / How Liz Truss made the UK’s rent crisis worse in just 44 days Social and private tenants are bearing the brunt of the political chaos sparked by the UK’s shortest-serving PM By Ruby Lott-Lavigna / 21 Oct 2022
News / Did Liz Truss mislead public over her husband’s secretive work? As the PM fights to remain in power, deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner demands she come clean over her interests By Ruby Lott-Lavigna / 18 Oct 2022
News / Labour’s plans to crack down on tax-dodging corporations revealed Exclusive: New policy details shed light on party's vow to prioritise tax-paying firms for government contracts By Ruby Lott-Lavigna / 7 Oct 2022
News / Let local councils freeze rents in cost of living crisis, says Labour Shadow housing secretary Lisa Nandy says she is ‘very interested’ in giving councils power to freeze private rents By Ruby Lott-Lavigna / 27 Sep 2022
News / Drivers’ anger as Labour hosts Deliveroo ‘PR event’ at annual conference The ‘delivery rider’ advertised on the panel turned out to be an ‘engagement manager’ for Deliveroo By Ruby Lott-Lavigna / 27 Sep 2022
News / Legal ‘loopholes’ could block crackdown on oligarchs’ empty homes Westminster Council has pledged to seize empty homes – but efforts could come to nothing without more help By Ruby Lott-Lavigna / 22 Sep 2022
News / Queen’s funeral shuts food banks amid cost of living crisis Critics warn that people ‘cannot wait for help’ as millions face poverty this winter By Ruby Lott-Lavigna / 13 Sep 2022
News / Revealed: A quarter of Truss’s new cabinet are landlords Private school alumni and property interests dominate the new prime minister’s top team By Martin Williams and Ruby Lott-Lavigna / 6 Sep 2022
News / Blackout info sent to millions was ‘unrelated’ to energy crisis, say chiefs The email from UK Power Networks was a ‘requirement’ of Ofgem and does not indicate an increased risk of power cuts By Ruby Lott-Lavigna / 1 Sep 2022
News / Landlords urged to ‘take advantage’ of soaring rents in ‘grotesque’ email A London estate agent said now is ‘the perfect time to expand portfolios’ as tenants are in ‘fierce competition’ By Ruby Lott-Lavigna / 30 Aug 2022
News / ‘Catastrophic’ energy price rises will hit ethnic minorities hardest Exclusive: Energy bills are throwing low-income families into debt shows new data as the price cap rises to £3,549 By Ruby Lott-Lavigna / 26 Aug 2022
News / Labour silent on calls for £15 minimum wage that would ‘change lives’ The Trade Union Congress has demanded a minimum wage hike amid the ‘harshest wage squeeze in modern history’ By Ruby Lott-Lavigna / 24 Aug 2022