British Homes for British People is a disingenuous policy which fails on its own terms

A transparent response to social media pressure from the far-right, the policy tackles a non-existent problem and will cause large suffering to a small number for no gain

New housing policy arrived this week in the form of a shake up of allocation rules for social housing.

A government press release and consultation announced new national criteria on anti-social behaviour convictions and the requirement for local and UK connections in determining eligibility for social housing.