Warnings about the end of a government ban in England overlook the methods landlords have already been using to turf out tenants, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
A University of Manchester building. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian
A University of Manchester building. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian
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The government has published its higher education (freedom of speech) bill. Under it, universities will have a new duty to secure freedom of speech for staff members, students and visiting speakers. Anyone (âa personâ) will be able to sue (âbring civil proceedingsâ) where they believe that a university or student union has failed to protect free speech. An official with the Orwellian title of âdirector for freedom of speech and academic freedomâ will have to decide if courses, talks and university policies maintain academic freedom.
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Rent asunder
The housing benefit system is a scandal, benefitting the rich and penalising the poor, according to a new book by barrister David Renton. And, he says, the lockdown has not exactly helped
David Renton
EVERY day, your money pays wealthy property owners who let shoddy homes to people on low wages.
And the scandal of the housing benefit system, and how it also subsidises the shareholders of big firms who pay low wages, is an example of a broken system offered in a new book by housing and employment law by barrister David Renton.
In
Jobs and Homes: Stories of the Law in Lockdown, he uses the past year as a basis to consider cases that highlight how poorly thought out, ideologically driven policies create a crisis.