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Margaret Thatcher’s national right-to-buy scheme transformed the housing market in the UK, leading to a dramatic fall in social renting. The housing crisis that followed has grown worse under governments of all colours. The last two decades, in particular, have been bracketed by ballooning house prices and rising rents, while wages have largely stagnated.
But instead of bringing back social housing, ministers have shifted their focus to “affordable” homes – and, mostly, to building lots of them. According to Rachel Joy Bosler, far from solving the housing crisis, all these new homes have helped worsen it because their rents are tied to rising market values and so they remain out of reach for many. However, simply increasing social housing again – while needed – won’t be enough to fix the problem.
Elsewhere, two health scientists proffer ten small fixes to counter weight gain. And a criminologist unpacks ]the psychological impact indecent exposure has](https://theconversation.com/sarah-everard-we-still-treat-indecent-exposure-as-merely-a-nuisance-offence-169064) on victims.
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Dale Berning Sawa
Acting commissioning editor, Cities and Young People
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In raising rents from social to affordable for council tenants, the cost burden for tackling the housing crisis effectively falls on those most in need.
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Rachel Joy Bosler, University of Essex
The government has long promoted the idea that we can build our way out of the housing crisis. Startling numbers of empty homes suggest the problem isn’t one of scarcity but affordability
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Make your daily dog walks a little longer.
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Claire Madigan, Loughborough University; Henrietta Graham, Loughborough University
Making small changes daily can help prevent weight gain in the long run.
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A protestor calls for accountability following the murder of Sarah Everard.
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Jennifer Grant, University of Portsmouth
Investigations are underway over reports that Wayne Couzens exposed himself to women in the days leading up to his horrific crime.
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Science + Technology
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Cathrine Jansson-Boyd, Anglia Ruskin University
As continued panic buying will only perpetuate any fuel shortages, it’s important to think about what can be done to curb it.
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Thomas Moynihan, University of Oxford; Anders Sandberg, University of Oxford
The audio version of an in-depth article on why experts are worried about AIs becoming addicts.
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Health + Medicine
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Michael Head, University of Southampton
Schools and parents have been targeted with fake vaccine consent forms peddling misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines.
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Elizabeth Cotton, Cardiff Metropolitan University
The UK’s mental health model is broken.
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Arts + Culture
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Serena Trowbridge, Birmingham City University
Remembered for his flowery designs, many forget that William Morris was also a very successful and skilled poet.
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Emily Zobel Marshall, Leeds Beckett University
Abolition in the UK tends to focus on the work of Yorkshireman William Wilberforce but there were many Black abolitionists whose tireless work has been forgotten.
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Politics + Society
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Cengiz Gunes, The Open University
Joe Biden has been quick to calm Kurdish fears that the US will abandon them to their fate.
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Environment + Energy
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Taha Yasseri, University College Dublin; Mary Sanford, University of Oxford
Diet - specifically veganism - and its impact on identity is becoming the focus of increasingly heated online discussions around climate change.
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