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Government Urged to ‘Stop Ignoring’ Plight of Single Parents as it Begins Work to Combat UK’s Child Poverty Crisis
An estimated 4.3 million youngsters are growing up in poverty and those living in single-parent families often struggle the most to secure help
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‘This Discrimination has to Stop’: Parents Protest at Parliament Over Free Childcare that Excludes 20,000 Families
Parents denied Government support want to work but employment often barely covers their childcare costs and leaves them with no options
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‘A Closed Door to a Men’s Club’: Why Are There Twice as Many Men in the House of Commons as Women?
A new report finds that, leading up to the next general election, fewer than 35% of candidate selections so far are women
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Why is the Home Office Re-Opening Hotel Accommodation that is a Far-Right Target and from which Child Asylum Seekers Have Gone Missing?
The Government has said that, due to the rise in small boat crossings, it has to urgently use hotels to give unaccompanied asylum-seeking children a roof over their heads – but there are safeguarding concerns
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An End to Cruel No Fault Evictions?
As legislation is introduced to end Section 21 evictions, Lauren Crosby Medlicott talks to tenants who live in constant fear of homelessness Back in 2019, the government promised to ban Section 21 no-fault evictions, a move that would guarantee a landlord would no longer be able to evict a tenant from their tenancy without a…
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UK Help for the Sudanese Unlikely in ‘Current Environment of Anti-Asylum Rhetoric’
Sudanese refugees have historically formed one of the largest groups entering the UK via ‘irregular routes’ – the current conflict will inevitably increase their numbers, reports Lauren Crosby Medlicott
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‘If we Complain about the Hotel, We’re Told Home Office will Move us to Rwanda’
A new report has lifted the lid on the degrading situations the Home Office is placing vulnerable people seeking asylum in
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Channel Crossings: Government ‘Whipping Up Hatred’ with ‘Unworkable’ Asylum Plans
Lauren Crosby Medlicott reports on Rishi Sunak’s new law banning people entering the UK ‘illegally’ from claiming asylum or re-entering in the future
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The Risks Facing Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum in the UK
Recent reports of kidnap highlight the Home Office’s failure to protect vulnerable young people who have made the dangerous journey to the UK for sanctuary, reports Lauren Crosby Medlicott
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‘Heightening Tensions from the Far-Right’: Braverman’s Dangerous Asylum Approach
Campaigners and experts warn that the Home Secretary’s rhetoric serves to undermine the human rights and safety of people in need
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‘We Need to Hear This from Labour’: Asylum and Immigration Fall Off Party’s Agenda
As Home Secretary Suella Braverman says her ‘dream’ is to see refugees flown to Rwanda, Lauren Crosby Medlicott looks at Keir Starmer’s alternative
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‘Modern Slavery Victims have been Pawns in Government’s Anti-Asylum Seeker Campaigns’
Lauren Crosby Medlicott speaks to modern slavery experts to understand the impact of Priti Patel’s Home Office on victims
