Austerity Christmas: sanctioned and living on the streets
The Canary has been speaking to real people on the ground at foodbanks and street homeless projects in Cornwall. 17 neighbourhoods in the ...
Tag: homelessness
Austerity Christmas: life in a tent
The Canary has been speaking to real people on the ground at foodbanks and street homeless projects in Cornwall. 17 neighbourhoods in the ...
Austerity Christmas: ‘If you’re a person of colour in Cornwall you’re f***ed’
The Canary has been speaking to real people on the ground at foodbanks and street homeless projects in Cornwall. 17 neighbourhoods in the ...
After a devastating setback, there’s now good news for homeless people in Hull
On 15 December, Raise the Roof Hull Homeless Project took to Facebook to announce a devastating setback to their campaign. ...
Thanks to a Hull hotel, 28 homeless people may be on the streets this Christmas
A Hull hotel has come under fire after cancelling a booking made for 28 homeless people over Christmas. The booking ...
Conservative government blamed for the 123,360 children who’ll be homeless this Christmas
Child homelessness is now reportedly the highest it's been in the past 12 years. Government figures show that between April and ...
Amid Brexit chaos, here’s the hidden news you might have missed
As parliament heads towards the crucial "meaningful vote" on Theresa May's Brexit deal, ongoing Brexit chaos dominates headlines. But hiding behind ...
Watch the moment Labour’s Clive Lewis tore apart the government’s record on homelessness
Another week, another blow for the government. After being condemned last week by the United Nations (UN), the government's record ...
Here’s why the idea austerity is coming to an end is total, utter nonsense
In his autumn budget on 29 October, chancellor Philip Hammond announced that the "era of austerity is finally coming to ...
The UK got half a trillion pounds richer last year. Here’s why that’s a disaster.
New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed that the UK's net worth increased by £492bn in ...
It’s official. The government is forcing people to choose between eating and paying rent.
On 29 August, the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) released a damning report on the effect of the government's decision ...
Letting agents are discriminating against those on housing benefit, report reveals
A new report by housing charity Shelter has revealed that letting agents are discriminating against renters on housing benefit. Shelter, in ...
Landlords make hundreds of families homeless each week and it’s completely legal
Landlords are evicting hundreds of families every week without giving a reason. And it's completely legal. New figures from campaign ...
A police force has caused uproar on social media over its description of homelessness
A police force has invoked the wrath of people on social media after appearing to imply that homelessness is an ...
The government could end rough sleeping overnight with one radical solution
On 12 August, the government announced its rough sleeping plan. And it's a truly pitiful response to England's rough sleeping ...
A Conservative council is under fire for ‘turning people away’ from its half-empty homeless shelter
An investigation by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) into Northampton Nightshelter has found that the homeless shelter had been ...
The government’s new social housing green paper makes a mockery of its pledge to end rough sleeping
Within hours of publishing its green paper on social housing, the government has been criticised for not increasing the number of ...
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