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Failed Thatcherite policy monetised complex housing needs. No wonder those who benefit are loth to change it, says Peter Apps, a contributing editor at Inside Housing

IN FOCUS: As Netflix releases a powerful new documentary about the blaze that took 72 lives at Grenfell Tower in 2017, Hannah J Davies speaks to a man who lost a close relative in the fire, as well as the film’s director and a journalist who’s spent years reporting on…

From costs to quality, housing can make you despair. Our best five books explain the politics behind the problems – and the solutions

Windrush, Grenfell, the Post Office – all reveal who gets listened to and who gets ignored

The two first-time authors collected the prestigious gongs for their ‘magnificent’ political books

Peter Apps’ magnificent account of the Grenfell fire tragedy and Tom Crewe’s historical novel about pioneering Victorian gay rights advocates will each receive £3,000

Steve McQueen’s wordless film reminds us of the silence now surrounding the scandal

As parliament debates sweeping away EU rules, MPs should remember that deregulation paved the way to the deadly fire in 2017, says author Peter Apps

A jaw-dropping new book details the failures at every level that culminated in the Grenfell tragedy. It also lays bare how little has been done to make the system safer