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<h2><a href="../../opinion/welcome_to_britain">Welcome to Britain</a></h2>
<p class="feature_date">23 October 2023</p>
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<p>Immigration has helped make London one of the worlds most productive cities - so build more social housing, says Ken Livingstone
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<p class="feature_date">23 October 2023</p>
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<p>Cambridge academic Rosy Thornton set aside her law books to pen a romantic comedy on asylum seekers. Why?
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<h2><a href="../../opinion/a_work_of_towering_genius">A work of towering genius</a></h2>
<p class="feature_date">20 October 2023</p>
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<p>Council housing used to be a fantastic place to live, says Ian Hart. Until it all went wrong
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<h2><a href="../../opinion/in_my_liverpool_home">In my Liverpool home</a></h2>
<p class="feature_date">15 September 2023</p>
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<p>Ricky Tomlinson on how the city’s community spirit has gradually been eroded since his childhood in Halewood.
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<h2><a href="../../opinion/time_to_take_off_the_blinkers">Time to take off the blinkers</a></h2>
<p class="feature_date">18 February 2024</p>
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<p>Council housing improved the lives of millions of people in the past century. We now have an historic opportunity to rediscover its benefits, says Glyn Robbins.
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<h2><a href="../../opinion/how_low_can_it_go">How low can it go?</a></h2>
<p class="feature_date">18 February 2024</p>
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<p>So much for 240,000 new homes a year. We’ll be lucky to build even 120,000, says Richard Donnell.
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<h2><a href="../../opinion/dont_help_bailiffs_help_themselves">Don’t help bailiffs help themselves</a></h2>
<p class="feature_date">18 February 2024</p>
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<p>People in debt need legal help, not threats, says Paul Nicolson.</p>
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<h2><a href="../../opinion/share_and_share_alike">Share and share alike</a></h2>
<p class="feature_date">18 February 2024</p>
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<p>In these straitened times, we can either degenerate into a more fractured society or work together and rediscover the benefits of community, says John Sentamu.
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<h2><a href="../../opinion/here_we_go_again">Here we go again</a></h2>
<p class="feature_date">18 February 2024</p>
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<p>As the UK rides out its fourth housing slump since the Second World War, Alan Holmans puts the current downturn in its historical context.
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<h2><a href="../../opinion/self-made_plan">Self-made plan</a></h2>
<p class="feature_date">18 February 2024</p>
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<p>Not enough housing? Then free up land for more self-build, says Tommy Walsh.
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<h2><a href="../../opinion/littler_at_large">Littler at large</a></h2>
<p class="feature_date">18 February 2024</p>
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<p>If you’re young, getting a mortgage isn’t easy. And plenty of other obstacles exist for first-time buyers, says Matt Littler.
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<p>After early years in Biafra, Cyril Nri found home in Shepherd’s Bush – and on a beach in Barbados </p>
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<h2><a href="../../opinion/off_the_radar">Off the radar</a></h2>
<p class="feature_date">01 January 2024</p>
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<p>Homeless women are being exploited by pimps and drug dealers, and hidden from the services set up to help them, as they seek shelter from the dangers of sleeping rough, says Gayle Jones</p>
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<h2><a href="../../opinion/wolfrsquos_at_the_door">Wolf’s at the door</a></h2>
<p class="feature_date">01 January 2024</p>
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<p>More and more families are coming to us for grants, says Helen Dent</p>
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<h2><a href="../../opinion/treading_a_tightrope">Treading a tightrope</a></h2>
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<p>The fact that many working age people in social housing haven’t got a job means they are only a short step away from homelessness, says Kate Davies</p>
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