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LABOUR MANIFESTO - One of the most interesting items in the Labour Party manifesto is £75-billion pledge to build 150,000 new council and social homes a year by 2024, billed as the biggest council house-building program since shortly after the war, a...

NEW BOOK - Author, homeless advocate, activist Edward Campagnola has written and launched a book ‘Directions to the Dumpster’. "Directions to the Dumpster", an account of St Life and the attempts to find home again in a ruthless, uncaring and violent...

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN - On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women this year, people around the world are thinking of all those women who have been injured and even sacrificed their lives amid police and military violence...

INVITES - The ABC is talking to Steve Hyland on Monday. Steve runs his own business TV channel on the Internet and coaches people to present themselves in the media. We are looking forward to talking to Steve and his team.  We also met at the IS...

ENVIROMENT - Greta Thunberg to guest edit Radio 4's Today programme. When you are struggling, worrying about the environment and the ecosystem might seem low on the agenda.  The BBC has come under fire during the BREXIT debate from the righ...

CHRISTMAS BONUS - Some Universal Credit claimants are due the Christmas bonus of £10 but not others. Universal Credit is not really universal.   We hope the money will not spoil you. It is welcome none the less.  Who will get it?...

LATEST STATISTICS - There were 800,000 young people (aged 16 to 24 years) in the UK who were not in education, employment or training (NEET) in July to September 2019; this number increased by 43,000 when compared with July to September 2018 and...

LABOUR PARTY - Paul Johnson, IFS Director, said: “The Labour Party manifesto offers a very substantial increase in the role of the state, one that is even larger than the big increase offered in their last manifesto. They estimate that their measures...

OMBUDSMAN DECISIONS - London Borough of Bexley (18 016 230) Summary: Mr X complains that the Council paid housing benefit directly to his tenant after it agreed not to do this, and then gave him incorrect email addresses to raise the issue. He...

PERIOD POVERTY - Plan International UK have been in contact with us via their media people. Period Poverty has been in the news this year and we have been asked to highlight this issue. This is what Plan International UK does: How we combat Peri...