• MANY in Westminster and throughout the UK will find themselves homeless and on the streets at Christmas because of the universal credit roll-out, including damaging sanctions which also hit housing benefit payouts.

A Tory policy of gentrification causing dispossession in many cases, an inalienable right of British subjects to a home in the UK since enacted in law in 1929, is nothing less than a war on the poor, which the present government might not want to credit themselves for.

Tory government gentrification policies can be likened to the poor being subject to a forced exodus or the right to a home. Labour MPs might want to press for more details from the Tory examples which could come to light at jobcentres.

“A right of return”, which is tagged onto the policy of gentrification, can be likened to the plight of the Palestinians in the Gaza strip. The UK has always prided itself on laws which reflect spiritual aspirations as well as political strategies.

Can we therefore give a thought to the unknown number of homeless and dispossessed citizens of the UK at this time, as we remember the fallen and unknown of two world wars.

In 2018 the homeless are a visible and forgotten disaster gracing our streets and parks. The hopes of dwelling and family life are being denied to so many, and rising in numbers. It is not a good social policy in a country which prides itself on equality and human rights for all.

SANDRA HENDERSON
NW8