Read all about it: Wandsworth’s housing crisis hits the newspapers

My recent blog post Analysis: ‘Wandsworth fixes rents by elections not economics’ led to quite a lot of interest from the press. Not all of the coverage was balanced, but it has helped to draw attention to an important issue:

Private Eye Article

Private Eye, March 22

SouthLondonPress

South London Press, February 20

WandsworthGuardianArticle

Wandsworth Guardian, February 28. The Guardian also ran an article ‘New council map shows “forced” Wandsworth migration’ on March 7, based on a map I found in the appendix of a council report.

DailyMirror

Daily Mirror, March 5 & March 6 ran the results of an excellent GMB investigation inspired by figures uncovered by Cllr Tony Belton. See Great Tory Housing Shame and Ex-Council Housing Racket.

WandsworthGuardian_Winstanley

Wandsworth Guardian, March 21, leads with comments David Cameron’s Big Society guru made about Battersea’s Winstanley Estate

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