Poverty

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"It's easier to believe that the person you pass on the street is on the take than to think about the hardship they might really be facing"

These anti-begging posters show how the most vulnerable are demonised

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"It's time we collectively reinvent the way we deal with disabilities and the workplace"

I’m Broken, Britain: Reinventing welfare for the disabled

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"Next year all families newly claiming means-tested benefits, will lose £10.45 a week"

The cost of a child: Theresa May must reverse cuts to family benefits

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"The conditions there would not seem out of place in a third world country or 19th century Britain"

Rats, filth and cockroaches: What it’s like to live in Nicola Sturgeon’s constituency

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Residents at Boundary House have teamed up with housing activists to highlight the conditions they are living in

Social cleansing: The mums at the sharp end of the housing crisis

News

The Labour-run council applied for the injunction after a small camp of around ten tents sprung up in a local park back in April

Labour council tries to kick homeless people out of city

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"A new appeal process was introduced in 2013 and was beset by problems from the start"

The tactics the DWP uses to stack the odds against benefit claimants

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MDU advises doctors on how to prevent a delayed diagnosis in prostate and testicular cancer

Doctors need time to digest the GMC’s more detailed guidance (MDG), says MDU.

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has expressed concern that doctors will have insufficient time to read and digest the General Medical Council’s (GMC) more detailed guidance (MDG) which has been published today and comes into effect on January 30th 2024, alongside the updated version of its ethical standards Good Medical Practice. The MDGs, cover a… Read more »

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Humanists UK welcomes Ofsted’s call to tackle illegal schools and improve RE

Ofsted has called on the Government to take action on illegal schools. The call came in Ofsted’s latest annual report, published yesterday. The report also highlighted that religious education (RE) provision in English state schools is ‘not fit for purpose’, and that independent faith schools perform very badly in Ofsted inspections. Humanists UK, which has led the… Read more »