Thangam Debbonaire

Thangam Debbonaire is the shadow secretary of state for housing.

Tuesday

Thangam Debbonaire

Losing my seat is a painful part of democracy

As excitable new MPs are escorted around comfy offices in Portcullis House, we ‘departing members’, as we’re known, are guided around small, unglamorous rooms in Richmond House, the scruffier Westminster neighbour, to be told about the winding-up period. I’m the only Labour MP here. I hug one of my favourite Tories and swap loser anecdotes

Friday

Thangam Debbonaire

What’s the solution to unaffordable housing?

28 min listen

Over the last year of intermittent lockdowns, most of us have spent more time staring at the four walls of our living room than we ever thought possible. One of the biggest factors affecting someone’s pandemic experience is the type of accommodation they’re in, and 8.4 million people in England are living in unaffordable, insecure