Right to buy
What's Gone On This Week: Tory MP Offers a Simply Pathetic Solution to Knife Crime
Also a man was fined for "smashing a seagull to death in front of children" after it went for his chips in Weston-super-Mare.
The Struggle to Save Peckham, South London's Cultural Epicenter
What the threat to the popular Bussey Building nightclub tells us about the war on fun in London.
UK Authorities Sold Off Social Housing at a Discount — Now They Are Buying it Back at a Loss
As Britain's housing crisis escalates, at least nine local councils are repurchasing at market value homes they once sold off at low prices under Margaret Thatcher's controversial Right to Buy legislation.
Developers Are Aggravating the UK's Housing Crisis by Ducking Affordable Home Targets
A new report by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism shows how developers are dodging affordable housing quotas, as their profits explode.
How Privatization Screwed Over Britain, According to Author James Meek
His new book argues that we must stop believing that naked self-interest is the only thing that gets people out of bed in the morning and that commerce is the only solution to all our problems.