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The Government has failed to publish the long-awaited Green Paper on social housing before summer recess, despite repeated promises to outline and consult on plans to tackle the current crisis. This preliminary report was due to set out what the Government intends to do to improve social housing, and mental health charity Mind was hoping to see it specifically address the issues faced by people with mental health problems living in, or waiting for, social housing. Vicki Nash, Head of...

Thanks to GMB members' efforts they will have the legal protection they need and deserve at work. Ambulance staff are celebrating an emotional victory today as the 'protect the protectors' bill is set to become law. The Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill, backed by GMB and nodded through its third reading in the House of Lords today, introduces a new offence of common assault against an emergency worker and requires courts to treat attacks on emergency workers as an...

Jeremy Corbyn has told a crowd, in Birmingham, that he would focus government contracts in the UK and would not send projects abroad. Mr Corbyn said a future Labour government will back manufacturing, "because we want to see well-paid jobs in the industries of the future, fuel the tax revenues that fund our public services and the NHS and increase living standards for all." In his speech, Corbyn mentioned that a Labour government would ensure the state used “more of...

Yesterday Amazon warned that a no-deal Brexit would lead to civil unrest within weeks, now MPs have raised concerns about high profile criminals entering our shores if we leave the EU without a deal. Recent reports have raised concerns about the future safety of the UK in a situation were nothing was formally agreed with the other EU member states They reported that the UK could risk access to the SIS II crime database. If this happened then dangerous criminals...

The infernos have raged through holiday resorts near Greece's capital killing at least 50 people and injuring more than 100

Above average heat being felt in many areas of the world

Global Witness today reveals that at least 207 land and environmental defenders were killed last year – indigenous leaders, community activists and environmentalists murdered trying to protect their homes and communities from mining, agribusiness and other destructive industries. Severe limits on the data available mean the global total is probably much higher. Murder is the most egregious example of a range of tactics used to silence defenders, including death threats, arrests, intimidation, cyber-attacks, sexual assault and lawsuits. The report “At What...

The barren surface was once covered by lakes where primitive organisms could have emerged, according to a study

The frozen world is the likeliest place in the solar system to harbour extra-terrestrial organisms.