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Housing

Britain's Broken Renting Crisis: How Landlord-First Politics Is Locking a Generation Out of Stable Homes

Decades of deregulation and a political class stuffed with buy-to-let landlords have transformed Britain's rental market into a wealth extraction machine. While the Renters' Rights Bill crawls through Parliament, millions face housing insecurity that would shock our European neighbours.

Mar 27, 2026

Media

The Slow Death of the BBC: Why Defunding Public Broadcasting Is a Political Project, Not a Fiscal One

The sustained right-wing campaign against the BBC licence fee isn't about saving households money—it's about dismantling one of the last institutions capable of holding power to account outside Murdoch's orbit. As public broadcasting crumbles elsewhere, Britain risks losing a democratic cornerstone.

Mar 27, 2026