‘Rev Paul’, who died this month, wrote thousands of letters to newspapers campaigning against poverty. “Rev Paul”, as he was simply known to many, died suddenly at the start of this month. Rev Paul NicolsonZaccheus 2000 Trust19 January 2005: Work to doIt is necessary to qualify the accolade on the government’s record of reducing child poverty (Letters, January 18). The absence of housing supply and the deregulation of lending have combined to lift the cost of housing benefit from £5.4bn in 1988 to £20bn now. There is an urgent need for legislation that forbids the sale of public land and requires it to be used for affordable social housing.

Source: The Guardian March 30, 2020 11:52 UTC