“Forget Kendall’s bollocks about protecting disabled people who are “most” in need (whatever that means) from her vicious benefits cuts. Because the truth is that governments actively go after people ...

I’ve made this podcast series to talk about the unspeakable effects that 15 years of cuts to disability benefits and support have had on disabled people.

It’s interviews with parents who have autistic children and serious housing issues. There’s also plenty of snark about the right wing sociopaths and cringing centrist wallies who pass as political ...

Nobody wants to overblow these things, but there are times when council abuse of homeless women really goes next level. You really do get standout moments. Here’s the one I want to talk about: An ...

Am working on another book this year, so there will a bit of a lag between posts from time to time.

I’ve been sent the slug gallery below by a resident of a flat in Newham. R and their family (including a toddler and a very young baby) were homeless. They were living in the Newham Brimstone House ...

This was a fun one to start the weekend on: On Saturday, I took the picture below. It shows a six-year-old girl who lives in temporary accommodation in Marlin Apartments in Stratford. Newham council ...

Welcome to my new podcast. I’m working on the podcast for the next few months, so probably best to head over there for interviews with people with housing and benefit issues. There will be a proper ...

As a person who has been campaigning for benefits and decent housing for all for more than 20 years, I have to ask – does Liz Kendall not realise that the job of destroying disability benefits and ...

Stockport has a second jobcentre now, so that’s where I’m taking you today. We’ve been hearing about this second jobcentre for a while. We’ve also been hearing that this second jobcentre is the one ...

On the subject of actual shit repairs: Visited a part-council block in Newham on the weekend, to take pictures of mould, water and sewerage running down the walls (more on that soon). Went into the ...