Bob Blackman: Homelessness remains a blight on our society
Local authorities are still waiting until people are actually homeless before offering assistance. This is expensive and has an unnecessary impact on vulnerable people.
Posts by Bob Blackman MP
Bob Blackman is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Harrow East.
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Bob Blackman: The Treasury must settle its debt of honour with the Equitable Life victims
£2.6 billion of the sum the government accepted as the compensation owed has still not been paid.
Bob Blackman: Today, at last, my Homelessness Reduction Act comes into force
It is not a fix-all, but I hope its measures will produce a real improvement in the number of people who become homeless in the first place.
Bob Blackman: Ministers must not yield to Iran’s blackmail in their struggle to get Nazanin back home
Her release will only happen without a far higher cost if we are to penalise the regime for its unacceptable actions and make them costly instead of profitable.
Bob Blackman: Brexit gives us the freedom to get tough on Iran
EU leaders are caught between the Islamic Republic’s atrocious record and the allure of its oil. We must take a stronger stance.
Bob Blackman: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards should be designated a terrorist organisation
It must be a target for expanded sanctions.
Bob Blackman: I’m proud to have the support of the Conservative Government for my Homelessness Reduction Bill
Aside from the dreadful human cost, homelessness is very expensive.
Bob Blackman: The Government must look again at Equitable Life compensation
Our failure to fully reimburse policyholders for their losses is undermining faith in our pensions and regulation system.
Bob Blackman: The law is failing homeless people
Far too many people are denied help because they are deemed to be insufficiently vulnerable.
Bob Blackman MP: The plain packaging of cigarettes will protect the health of young people
What is not Conservative is the extreme and antique nineteenth century liberal position that demands no interference with the claimed “freedom” of companies.
Bob Blackman MP and David Pollock: Western governments should denounce Palestinian hate speech
Allowing incitement, funding hatred and tolerating boycotts is harmful to the prospects for peace.