Housing in the UK today is in a ‘critical situation’. According to a UN report, homes in Britain are no longer affordable, or adequate for large sections of the population. Homelessness in Oxford is at the most serious and troubling end of the problem, but the shortage of homes also affects different people in less severe […]
“I believe the test of a good and strong society is how we look after the most vulnerable” David Cameron, 2010, during the final leader’s debate. By any reasonable test, disabled people would make up a significant proportion of a society’s most vulnerable. However, today, the disabled are being put under unprecedented pressure. Given that […]
Everyone is talking about the “squeezed middle”, but what about the least well-off? It’s time to stand up for an effective policy approach Right now, the call to save the “squeezed middle” can be heard from all over the political spectrum. There aren’t many concepts which have more currency in our national discourse. However, just […]
