Benefits Quote by Jeremy Corbyn

In my own constituency, the benefit cap has had the effect of social cleansing: of people receiving benefit, but the benefit is capped; therefore,…

— Jeremy Corbyn

We oppose the benefit cap. We oppose social cleansing. We will bring the welfare bill down by controlling rents and boosting wages, not by…

— Jeremy Corbyn

A lot of the stigma attached to council and social housing comes about because we are building such a low number, they're going to…

— George Clarke

I sometimes feel housing should be non-political, like the NHS, ring-fenced and protected and not a political stick that's thrown around.

— George Clarke

We should pass legislation to restrict social housing to people who have been resident in the U.K. for at least five years, so that…

— Nick Boles

David Cameron's government criminalised squatting in empty homes. This too was previously a civil matter. Thousands of homeless people found themselves on the wrong…

— George Monbiot

The Conservative government's neglect of social housing is all too apparent and should be a source of national shame.

— Layla Moran

If someone walked along any high street anywhere in London, and probably anywhere in the country, and looked into a letting agency, they would…

— Jeremy Corbyn

We bought an apartment building and were going to live off the rent money. We rented to people who were on welfare and a…

— Dick York

Almost all the people I've met in temporary accommodation fell behind with their rent because of benefit cuts, or found their landlord was no…

— Dawn Foster

The idea of the NHS took root in the political imagination less as an example of social entitlement's victory over private provision, and more…

— Ash Sarkar

I used to live in a street in Bristol which was, depending on your tabloid of choice, either Britain's most dangerous street or a…

— Sajid Javid