From Piers Morgan to Volkswagen: Your April Fools Day round-up
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From Piers Morgan to Volkswagen: Your April Fools Day round-up

More than 300,000 children register for free school meals in Covid chaos
Brown paper bags lined up. The Government has refused to extend free school meals into half term
Social Justice

More than 300,000 children register for free school meals in Covid chaos

LGBTQ+ homelessness: ‘It’s upsetting there aren’t more places for me’
LGBTQ+ homelessness
Housing

LGBTQ+ homelessness: ‘It’s upsetting there aren’t more places for me’

Met police yet to reckon with institutional racism, says Stuart Lawrence
Stuart Lawrence
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Met police yet to reckon with institutional racism, says Stuart Lawrence

Pay renters’ £300m debts or risk spending more on homelessness, MPs warn
rent debt
Housing

Pay renters’ £300m debts or risk spending more on homelessness, MPs warn

Number of families hit by benefit cap more than doubled during pandemic
The benefit cap was affecting 180,000 households by November 2020
Social Justice

Number of families hit by benefit cap more than doubled during pandemic

Green jobs cut by nearly 34,000 despite Boris Johnson’s 2050 pledge
Nearly 34,000 green jobs were lost between 2014 and 2019
Employment

Green jobs cut by nearly 34,000 despite Boris Johnson’s 2050 pledge

Prisoners turn critics to review TV shows and films during Penned Up Festival
Small Axe was reviewed during Penned Up
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Prisoners turn critics to review TV shows and films during Penned Up Festival

Youth unemployment crisis will cost UK economy £7bn warns think tank
youth unemployment
Employment

Youth unemployment crisis will cost UK economy £7bn warns think tank

Prisoners pick the books to get you through lockdown
books are good for prisoners' wellbeing
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Prisoners pick the books to get you through lockdown

Benefits stigma decreased after pandemic support measures
People on legacy benefits are being pushed into poverty
Social Justice

Benefits stigma decreased after pandemic support measures

Social rent homes plummeted by 200,000 in eight years, warns housing review
A builder's hard hat
Housing

Social rent homes plummeted by 200,000 in eight years, warns housing review

Our year of change: Being a Big Issue vendor during the Covid-19 crisis
Big Issue vendors Martin McKenzie
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Our year of change: Being a Big Issue vendor during the Covid-19 crisis

Transforming prison food: Traditional Bangladeshi chicken curry recipe
chicken curry recipe
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Transforming prison food: Traditional Bangladeshi chicken curry recipe

Books behind bars: Not even Covid can stop the prison librarian
illustration - books behind bars: reading in prison
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Books behind bars: Not even Covid can stop the prison librarian

Illiteracy is high in prisons. Learning to read can reduce reoffending
Tackling illiteracy in prison - man teaching another man to read
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Illiteracy is high in prisons. Learning to read can reduce reoffending

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Meet the ex-inmates helped by music in prison
The Big Issue has heard from two former prisoners on how InHouse’s programmes helped them on the inside. Image credit: supplied
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Meet the ex-inmates helped by music in prison

The music label helping prisoners dream beyond their cell walls
InHouse Records. Aux. Volume 9, Issue 3. January 2020. Image credit: InHouse Records
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The music label helping prisoners dream beyond their cell walls

Homeless Bill of Rights adopted by council in UK first
The Homeless Bill of Rights has already been adopted by 45 European cities
Housing

Homeless Bill of Rights adopted by council in UK first

'There were cockroaches': Children on life in temporary accommodation
Young people in Birmingham talked about being placed in low quality temporary accommodation. Image credit: Piqsels
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'There were cockroaches': Children on life in temporary accommodation