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Hospitality staff shortage: What employers need to do to attract staff
Employment

Hospitality staff shortage: What employers need to do to attract staff

Policing bill will force people deeper into homelessness, experts warn
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Policing bill will force people deeper into homelessness, experts warn

Big Issue vendor Oprea Ruducan: 'My faith has given me strength'
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Big Issue vendor Oprea Ruducan: 'My faith has given me strength'

James Bowen to unveil new Street Cat Bob statue in Islington
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James Bowen to unveil new Street Cat Bob statue in Islington

Homeless EU citizens ‘faced rights abuses long before Brexit’
Housing

Homeless EU citizens ‘faced rights abuses long before Brexit’

Big Issue vendor Ian Duff: 'I'm heading back to the kitchen'
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Big Issue vendor Ian Duff: 'I'm heading back to the kitchen'

Plastic pollution: Huge majority of Brits support tax on plastic packaging
Environment

Plastic pollution: Huge majority of Brits support tax on plastic packaging

How to fast-track a career in hospitality
Employment

How to fast-track a career in hospitality

Meet the couple making their own Euro 2020 sticker album for charity
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Meet the couple making their own Euro 2020 sticker album for charity

'When I’m inside, the walls start closing in'
Housing

'When I’m inside, the walls start closing in'

McDonald’s axe hot drinks stickers and customers fear homeless could lose out
Housing

McDonald’s axe hot drinks stickers and customers fear homeless could lose out

Right to repair: What the new law means for you and your family
Environment

Right to repair: What the new law means for you and your family

Boris Johnson warned against misleading parliament over UK poverty record
Politics

Boris Johnson warned against misleading parliament over UK poverty record

PM warned against misleading parliament over UK poverty record
Boris Johnson told parliament there were fewer children in poverty now compared to a decade ago.
Social Justice

PM warned against misleading parliament over UK poverty record

Was Boris Johnson honeymooning in Portugal while it was on the amber list? 
Boris Johnson honeymoon
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Was Boris Johnson honeymooning in Portugal while it was on the amber list? 

Settled status deadline risks ‘Windrush-type tragedy’
More than five million people have now had their settled status applications approved, the government said. settled status deadline
Politics

Settled status deadline risks ‘Windrush-type tragedy’

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‘It’s not safe’: Inside the dedicated mum and baby units for asylum seekers
The women were moved into the unit in January, with some forced to leave one and two bedroom flats in their communities. asylum seekers
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‘It’s not safe’: Inside the dedicated mum and baby units for asylum seekers

‘Good work being undone’: 11,000 people slept rough in London during Covid-19
rough sleeping
Housing

‘Good work being undone’: 11,000 people slept rough in London during Covid-19

UK facing 'recruitment crisis' with two job seekers for each vacancy
Increasing numbers are being impacted by redundancy during the Covid-19 pandemic. Image credit: Pxhere
Employment

UK facing 'recruitment crisis' with two job seekers for each vacancy

Fashion brands 'routinely' mislead the public over their green credentials
Most fast fashion brands are focusing their environmental efforts on making clothes from single-use plastic bottles instead of virgin polyester, but the researchers dubbed it a “false solution.
Environment

Fashion brands 'routinely' mislead the public over their green credentials