Dawn Foster

Dawn Foster is a writer with a focus on politics and social affairs. She is a contributing editor at Guardian Housing and the author of Lean Out (Repeater Books, 2016)

Politics

The banning of a Universal Credit ad shows all the ways this election could be a disaster for the Tories

Politics

The DWP can take out as many adverts as it likes—Universal Credit still won't be fit for purpose

Politics

Wonga may be facing collapse—but the conditions it profited from remain

Politics

The government’s cruel child benefit policy isn’t just anti-family—it’s anti-society

Politics

Keep going with the cuts, and the Tories' legacy will be countless childhoods destroyed by poverty

Politics

If 2017 was the year of me too, 2018 must be the year of real change

Politics

The problem with Universal Credit isn't the phone lines—it's the whole cruel system

Politics

The bureaucratic chaos of the benefits system isn't a fault—it's working exactly as intended

Other

Councils can get housing right—if they're willing to hold their nerve

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