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Labour's Housing Fantasy Meets Britain's Building Reality

• via The Telegraph

Labour's Housing Fantasy Meets Britain's Building Reality

How Labour's Housing Promises Are Failing Under the Weight of Reality

Labour's housing promises are collapsing under the weight of reality, with new home construction at its lowest in nearly a decade. Despite pledging 1.5 million new homes, actual building has fallen to 201,000—an 8% drop from last year and a 17% plunge from the 2022 peak. The government's housing targets are not just unrealistic; they are symptomatic of a deeper institutional decay that has left Britain unable to deliver even basic functions of a developed nation.

Labour's Welfare Betrayal: A Masterclass in Political Cowardice

• via The Independent

Labour's Welfare Betrayal: A Masterclass in Political Cowardice

How Labour's Two-Tier Welfare System Betrays Future Disabled People

Labour has engineered a welfare betrayal that perfectly exemplifies British political decay: faced with rebellion from 120 MPs over cuts to disability benefits, ministers created a two-tier system that protects existing claimants while slashing support for future disabled people by nearly 50%. This temporal discrimination ensures current voters keep their benefits while anyone requiring support after 2026 faces dramatically reduced payments—transforming the welfare state from social insurance into an electoral protection racket that sacrifices future claimants to preserve immediate political survival.