On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Lord John Bird, founder of the Big Issue. He discusses Boris Johnson’s decision to end homelessness practically overnight due to the coronavirus pandemic, why homelessness is a political decision, how coronavirus forced the government to reckon with equality and end homelessness temporarily, the prospect of 500,000 homeless due to a coronavirus economic collapse, his calls for banning evictions for two years until the coronavirus crisis has been weathered, why a rise in homelessness would be ultimately more expensive for the government, how Britain has a tradition of being progressive at home and being reactionary abroad, and more
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