Chris Hinchliff

In our era of perma-meta-poly crisis, the decisions the Chancellor has taken to provide our country with a little breathing space will be welcome to many of my constituents. The longer-term question t

I suspect I am doing neither the right hon. Lady nor myself any favours by saying I absolutely agree with her. It is our duty as MPs to robustly defend local democracy. Does she agree that, when the c

I thank all hon. Members for contributing to a wide-ranging and passionate debate. I note that the Minister did not quite answer the one question I left him with, which was about the number of council

I had better make progress; I am sorry. Perhaps most importantly of all, if we succeed in delivering council housing in every community, we will take one of the most important steps in fighting the at

Not at this point; I had better make progress. Housing is by far and away the most oppressive, anxiety-inducing and life-stunting part of the cost of living crisis in this country. The price of rent o

I agree; my hon. Friend is absolutely right about the immediate need, which I will come to later. This is a slightly incongruous point, but I am sure that, like me, every hon. Member in the Chamber vi