Tech duo create online platform to match Ukrainian refugees and sponsors
Amid frustration at the government's efforts to house Ukrainian refugees, a tech duo is stepping into the breach.
LGBT+ Afghan deaths ‘preventable’ if West had prioritised evacuations, campaigners say
"I am in danger 24 hours a day and can’t work which is causing financial problems. I am feeling that no one is helping me," one trans Afghan trapped in Kabul said.
Trans exclusion from conversion therapy ban a return to Section 28, ex-adviser warns
“This is just a smokescreen for an agenda against one of our most vulnerable communities which has, at its heart, something very dark... the complete erasure of trans people."
Ukraine war: ‘We just want everything to stop & to return to our lives’
“It’s been very hard mentally since 24 February – people are dying, children are dying. It’s very hard to imagine and very hard to read. I’ve cried many times already about everything that's happening right now."
‘My life is in danger’: LGBT+ Afghans fear ‘execution’ at the hands of the Taliban
One Taliban judge said that gay men will be executed by stoning or having walls toppled on them.
‘Life should be better than this’: Turmoil looming over households facing cuts to Universal Credit
A cut to Universal Credit this autumn will be a hammer blow to millions of people- here's why.
Twitter thread shows why Covid vaccine should be extended to 12-15 year-olds
The vaccine is “always beneficial in preventing death or long Covid” - because a vaccine “causes neither”.
Single homeless applicants still not securing housing despite new legislation
The Homelessness Reduction Act of 2017 was supposed to give protection for single households.
Helpline demand show young people ‘still struggling’ for support, charity says
The findings have led to calls for more long-term funding for 'youth-specific' accomodation.