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Opinion: Neoliberal Politicians Are Destroying Glasgow

by Jonathon Shafi

Privatisation-loving council leader Susan Aitken once partnered with McDonald's to organise volunteer-run clean-ups as she slashed refuse collection budgets. Now she's charging locals £50 to have their garden waste collected. Jonathon Shafi on the crisis unfolding in Glasgow.

A far-right protester at a demonstration outside a hotel in Rotherham.

Feature: Asylum Seekers in South London Are Resisting Removal to a Bedfordshire Hotel Targeted by the Far Right

by Charlotte England

A group of asylum seekers has been resisting eviction from a south London hotel for the last three weeks. But layers of outsourcing mean they don't even know who's trying to move them. Charlotte England reports.

Refurbishment Is the Dirty Word We Should Be Using, Just Look at the Achilles Street Estate

by Andy Worthington

As Lewisham council begins balloting residents over the proposed destruction and 'regeneration' of their housing estate, Andy Worthington calls into question the lavish promises the tenants have been made.

Another Lewisham Is Possible: Overcoming Housing Crisis and the Democratic Deficit

by Franck Magennis

Unwilling to tolerate the democratic deficit, local people in Lewisham are organising to ensure their voices are heard in taking on powerful housing development companies bent on gentrifying the local area.