Will Edmonds argues that the UK’s targeted, means-tested social housing is permitted by a culture that criminalises poverty, and has enabled tragedies like the Grenfell fire. A look through the history of UK public housing shows that the government should adopt a humane, universalist approach
Will is an economist by training, but has developed an interest in UK government policy, and how we can create a more equal society.
He is now a candidate for a PhD in Public Policy Research at King's College London, in which he seeks to understand whether English devolution is enabling a more just transport sector.
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