Waterstones Liverpool Welcomes Daniel Hewitt

We welcome investigative journalist, broadcaster and presenter Daniel Hewitt who joins us to discuss his new book Left To Rot - How Governments Have Betrayed Us & How To Fix It which takes a deep dive into the policy choices that led to the UK housing crisis.

What is the true cost of Britain’s housing emergency?

This is the shocking story of Britain’s appalling housing crisis as it has never been told before – through the people stuck in its grip, living in barely believable and totally unliveable conditions, including children brought up in hostels, bedsits and even shipping containers.

Delving into the investigative work that began in a council tower block in Croydon and ended in the Houses of Parliament with changes to the law, Left to Rot exposes who is heard and who is ignored, where money is spent, where it is cut and what it tells us about Britain today.

This book exposes the long-term damage of short-term political thinking at the heart of British government, and lays bare the human cost of the catastrophic and ultimately counterproductive policy of rolling back the state in crucial areas of public life that matter most to people.
Daniel will be in conversation with Neil Atkinson of The Anfield Wrap.