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Families with children are now being housed in shipping containers due to lack of council accommodation
The Children’s Commissioner for England has warned 210,000 homeless children are being housed in unsuitable temporary accommodation across the UK.
Union leaders ‘trust businesses bosses less in Britain than any other EU country’
Fewer than two in three (64 per cent) have any faith in management compared to an average of more than eight in 10 (84 per cent) on the rest of the continent
Tory Govt ‘backing three-legged donkey’ – fracking potential could be much less than thought
New estimates based on lab analysis of northern England’s shale resources suggests there may be less than 10 years worth of recoverable gas
Teenager ‘fatally stabbed straight through heart by schoolboy who cycled off on Boris Bike’
An off-duty nurse battled in vain to save Ayoub Hassan, 17, who was attacked by a knife-wielding 15-year-old boy in an alleyway near West Kensington tube station in London, the Old Bailey was told
‘Forced to labour until they drop’ – Proposal to increase pension age to 75 branded ‘chilling & immoral’
Former pensions minister Ros Altmann has condemned a proposal to raise the pension age to 75.
Trafficked woman suffered miscarriage while unlawfully detained by Home Office
“I was very frightened of my traffickers but I was even more frightened of the Home Office," she said.
US president tweets picture of Trump Tower looming over Greenland
Denmark has said Greenland is not for sale after Trump acknowledged he was interested in buying it.
‘Borderline racist’ chicken box campaign may have positive outcome but not in way Govt expected
Chicken boxes returning to Home Office with hand-written knife crime solutions
Rape victim charged with homicide for suspected abortion acquitted
The El Salvador rape survivor said she did not know she was pregnant and passed out miscarrying the baby.