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Call for a million people to back mass tree planting campaign
Sandi Toksvig and Clive Anderson backing Woodland Trust’s bid to boost tree planting to tackle climate change.
‘Homeless numbers at highest levels in over a decade, it makes no sense’ – Empty homes rose 5.3% last year
An additional 10,983 homes were left empty, according to a report by Action on Empty Homes and the Nationwide Building Society.
Can Boris Johnson explain why ex-model chum Jennifer Arcuri got taxpayer cash & why Thomas Cook didn’t?
Boris Johnson said saving Thomas Cook would be a “moral hazard."
Boris Johnson dodges questions over Jennifer Arcuri allegations
Johnson declines to deny allegations he failed to declare potential conflicts of interests as London Mayor over the allocation of public money to a model turned technology entrepreneur.
Jeremy Corbyn says parts of media avoiding accusations Boris Johnson misused public money and abused power
The Labour Party leader hit out at the Andrew Marr show for nitpicking Sunday paper claims about Labour disunity while failing to mention the Jennifer Arcuri scandal.
Boris Johnson says stranded tourists will be helped, dismisses suggestion Thomas Cook could have been saved instead
Airline union says it would have cost less to bail out Thomas Cook than deal wth the fallout.
Labour to abolish private schools
The policy announcement comes after the Sunday Times Good University Guide found Russell Group universities continue to be the worst performers for social inclusion.
How Britain’s child sex abuse victims are cheated out of justice
“Survivors were steamrollered."
Cambridge tops university rankings – but is bottom for social inclusion
The top three places in this year’s guide, filled by Cambridge, Oxford and St Andrews, are also three out of the four worst performers when it comes to accepting students from non-selective schools.