Day: May 9, 2017

    If this is not fixed, it could be really disastrous for large numbers of older and vulnerable people. Hundreds of thousands of pensioners and disabled people will be denied the homes they badly need because of a disastrous Conservative policy, housing chiefs are warning. A shortage of sheltered and supported housing is set to mushroom because of crazy funding rules that are shutting services and crushing investment, ministers have been told. Older and disabled people as well as victims of domestic violence and ex-servicemen and women rely on the homes to live independently and to stay out of residential care, or hospital But the National Housing Federation (NFH) is alarmed that housing associations are now refusing to build them because the Government has thrown their futu...

    The question now is what sort of country do we want after Brexit says Labour leade Jeremy Corbyn has suggested he will remain as Labour leader even if he fails to gain power in the General Election Reuters Jeremy Corbyn has said the issue of Brexit is settled as he kicked off Labour’s general election campaign On his battlebus tour of the UK, Mr Corbyn promised a Labour government would deliver a jobs-first Brexit. The leader has so far attempted to steer the campaign narrative away from the Brexit debate which has left the Labour party fiercely divided instead focusing on Tory cuts to public services Ken Loach backs Labour leader Corbyn's 'big ideas' But, addressing the subject, Mr Corbyn said: This election isn't about Brexit itself. That issue has been settled. The ques...