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Thousands of households ‘in danger of eviction’
Posted on December 13, 2011 | No CommentsHousing charity Shelter has analysed rates of possession claims in England for snapshot of struggling households -
Westminster council to draft ‘civic contracts’ for benefit recipients
Posted on December 12, 2011 | No CommentsVolunteer in the community or lose benefits, Conservative council warns -
Homeless households increase by 13%
Posted on December 9, 2011 | No CommentsRecession, cuts, and high rents have contributed to an 'alarming' leap in the number of homeless people in England -
Over-55s struggle as savings and income levels plunge
Posted on December 7, 2011 | No CommentsSavings for older people have fallen by more than 25% over the past year, while incomes have dropped by 4%, says Aviva -
Reading the Riots: ‘Humiliating’ stop and search a key factor in anger towards police
Posted on December 6, 2011 | No CommentsInterviewees said police treated them in a degrading way when they were stopped – particularly in strip-searching and handcuffing them -
Women main drivers of rising living standards
Posted on December 6, 2011 | No CommentsSurvey finds that a quarter of growth in household income between 1968 and 2008-09 came from women working -
Income inequality growing faster in UK than any other rich country, says OECD
Posted on December 5, 2011 | No CommentsTop 10% have incomes 12 times greater than bottom 10%, up from eight times greater in 1985, thinktank's study reveals -
Public sector pensions ‘heading for the rocks’
Posted on December 4, 2011 | No CommentsLord Hutton says gloomy economic outlook strengthens need for reforms but adds government needs to amend its proposals -
Homelessness charities welcome cash to restore empty homes
Posted on December 4, 2011 | No CommentsThe government has pledged £50m for councils to take over and refurbish empty properties to help provide more affordable housing -
The demonisation of the disabled is a chilling sign of the times
Posted on December 4, 2011 | No CommentsThere is a climate of hostility towards people for whom life is already difficult and it is being fostered by politicians and journalists -
‘Honour’ crimes against women in UK rising rapidly, figures show
Posted on December 3, 2011 | No CommentsBanaz Mahmod, an 'honour killing' victim strangled in 2006. Photograph: Metropolitan police/PA -
Merge Paralympics with Olympics, say 65% of disabled Britons
Posted on December 3, 2011 | No CommentsCombined tournaments would mean disabled athletes being taken more seriously, according to majority of those polled
