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These countries offer free school meals for all – so why can't the UK?
Free school meals
Week of action

These countries offer free school meals for all – so why can't the UK?

Refugees are twice as likely to be unemployed. A new scheme in Coventry might have answers
Employment

Refugees are twice as likely to be unemployed. A new scheme in Coventry might have answers

Just 5% of people with a learning disability are employed. This woman is out to prove the world wrong
Aisha/ Learning disability
Learning disability week

Just 5% of people with a learning disability are employed. This woman is out to prove the world wrong

These high street shops have been caught paying below minimum wage
Minimum wage

These high street shops have been caught paying below minimum wage

'We helped put the great back into Great Britain': Meet 97-year-old Windrush passenger Alford Gardner
Windrush

'We helped put the great back into Great Britain': Meet 97-year-old Windrush passenger Alford Gardner

Here’s why British LGBT Awards has dropped ties with fossil fuel giants Shell and BP 
pride flags being waved at a Pride celebration
Environment

Here’s why British LGBT Awards has dropped ties with fossil fuel giants Shell and BP 

People in poverty are at greater risk of sunburn and skin cancer. Charities are calling for action
sunscreen/ sunburn
Cost of living crisis

People in poverty are at greater risk of sunburn and skin cancer. Charities are calling for action

'I left to save my family': Ukrainian refugee finds hope in the UK with help from C&C Group and Big Issue Recruit
ukraine refugee
Big Issue Recruit

'I left to save my family': Ukrainian refugee finds hope in the UK with help from C&C Group and Big Issue Recruit

Refugee Week: This is what refugees in the UK want you to know
Refugee Week

Refugee Week: This is what refugees in the UK want you to know

This Strictly Come Dancing super-fan has big dreams and wants to bust myths about Down's syndrome
Dance/ Strictly
Learning Disability Week

This Strictly Come Dancing super-fan has big dreams and wants to bust myths about Down's syndrome

Gary Lineker says government could learn from Michael Eavis’s Glastonbury social housing project
Gary Lineker joins Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis and family to mark the social homes project
Social housing

Gary Lineker says government could learn from Michael Eavis’s Glastonbury social housing project

Reunions and separations: Refugee Dads share their stories for Fathers Day
Father's Day

Reunions and separations: Refugee Dads share their stories for Fathers Day

Thousands march for abortion reform on Saturday following jail sentence for mother
A protester holds a 'My body, my choice' placard.
Activism

Thousands march for abortion reform on Saturday following jail sentence for mother

Pride marches, football matches, and vigils: The ordinary activities that could get caught up in the government’s new slow walking crackdown
London Pride 2019
Public Order Act

Pride marches, football matches, and vigils: The ordinary activities that could get caught up in the government’s new slow walking crackdown

Prince William opens London housing project offering cut-price rents to youngsters facing homelessness
Prince William visiting Centrepoint's Reuben House
Homelessness

Prince William opens London housing project offering cut-price rents to youngsters facing homelessness

Are junior doctors, nurses or train drivers paid when on strike? 
5 doctors stand in Trafalgar square holding placards such as 'we need pay relief'
Strikes

Are junior doctors, nurses or train drivers paid when on strike? 

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Protect babies and children from malnutrition in cost of living crisis, government urged
Happy infant baby boy spoon eats itself;
child poverty

Protect babies and children from malnutrition in cost of living crisis, government urged

Big Issue vendors need your help in the heatwave
Big Issue vendor Ian Duff on selling the magazine in a heatwave
Our vendors

Big Issue vendors need your help in the heatwave

Beyond Grenfell: The cladding crisis is still gripping the UK
Cladding expense victims
Cladding

Beyond Grenfell: The cladding crisis is still gripping the UK

Grenfell Inquiry: How far has the search for answers got?
Grenfell Inquiry
Housing

Grenfell Inquiry: How far has the search for answers got?

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