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July 29, 2020

Super-sized House of Lords needs to cut its intake, say democracy advocates

The Lords remains the largest revising chamber in the world, with nearly 800 unelected peers.
July 24, 2020

Demand for Citizens Advice rent arrears advice up 332% in England

With just one month to go until the end of the eviction ban, Citizens Advice has seen a huge surge in private renters worried about arrears.
July 10, 2020

Wildlife campaigners launch legal case to challenge humaneness of the badger cull

The group fears that an unacceptably high proportion of badgers could be left to an inhumane death.
June 21, 2020

Universal child benefits critical in reducing poverty, says ODI and UNICEF report

Universal child benefits play a critical role in reducing poverty while promoting social cohesion and public support for social protection, says the report.
May 30, 2020

Years of cuts leave councils unable to help families in crisis, says Children's Society

Long term and sustained cuts to local emergency support schemes are leaving families with nowhere to turn in a financial crisis, says a leading children’s charity.
March 20, 2020

Amidst a pandemic, people first or market forces?

The spread of COVID-19 has highlighted the value of human solidarity and society-wide and global action, rather than relying on ‘market forces’.
November 30, 2019

Climate change an important factor in marginal seats, says NEF

What was supposed to be a Brexit election has become a climate election, says the New Economics Foundation.
November 21, 2019

Economic insecurity is Britain's new normal, says head of RSA

Matthew Taylor calls for pilots of universal basic income and a move away from free market neoliberalism to combat the social evil of economic insecurity.
October 31, 2019

Somali refugees return home from Yemen

Yemen hosts the world’s second largest Somali refugee population consisting of some 250,000 people.
October 29, 2019

Colombo Declaration calls for global nitrogen challenge to be tackled

Nitrogen overuse has negative impacts on the planet and biodiversity, and is a contributor to the climate crisis.

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