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I took a walk where I grew up in London. I saw how gentrification has damaged the community
The shops in Fulham in the 1970s have been replaced by a plethora of estate agents
John Bird

I took a walk where I grew up in London. I saw how gentrification has damaged the community

Ending rough sleeping is the goal, but taking bars off benches is a good start
This anti-homeless bench in Bournemouth will hopefully soon be a thing of the past
John Bird

Ending rough sleeping is the goal, but taking bars off benches is a good start

Why Downing Street needs a new name if it is going to properly repair the fabric of society
Number 10 Downing Street
John bird

Why Downing Street needs a new name if it is going to properly repair the fabric of society

Burnham is singing from Big Issue's hymn sheet on rough sleeping. It gives us reason for hope
new prime minister Andy Burnham in front of Downing Street crowds
John Bird

Burnham is singing from Big Issue's hymn sheet on rough sleeping. It gives us reason for hope

The latest ‘get out of jail card’ politician must address the poverty that undermines Britain
Prime minister Andy Burnham cooking at homelessness charity The Passage
John Bird

The latest ‘get out of jail card’ politician must address the poverty that undermines Britain

How a journey on the train suggests living in the real world is not for everyone
Commuters on the District Line, pre-mobile phone
John Bird

How a journey on the train suggests living in the real world is not for everyone

No prime minister has ever lived up to their promises. Can Andy Burnham break the mould?
John Bird

No prime minister has ever lived up to their promises. Can Andy Burnham break the mould?

Andy Burnham is a southern-blessed northerner. He could continue Oxbridge's grip on Downing Street
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham
John Bird

Andy Burnham is a southern-blessed northerner. He could continue Oxbridge's grip on Downing Street

Poverty is still the elephant in most rooms of government. But do they take it seriously?
Henry VIII
John Bird

Poverty is still the elephant in most rooms of government. But do they take it seriously?

I'm fighting to protect the puffins because ending poverty and saving the planet is the same cause
John Bird

I'm fighting to protect the puffins because ending poverty and saving the planet is the same cause

Poverty is a growth industry. Starmer has not seemed to grasp this nettle
Prime minister Keir Starmer
John Bird

Poverty is a growth industry. Starmer has not seemed to grasp this nettle

I'm in the pulpit delivering a sermon on poverty. If only the government were here to hear it
Engraving from 1870 of the opening of Keble College, Oxford University
John Bird

I'm in the pulpit delivering a sermon on poverty. If only the government were here to hear it