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Surge in number of people sleeping rough in England ‘a national shame’
There were 3,898 rough sleepers on a single night in autumn 2023.
MPs told to ‘act, not mourn’, as names of women killed by men last year read out
Jess Phillips told the Commons the ‘epidemic of violence against women and girls has not abated’.
Student activists disrupt open day ad campaigns to demand end to universities ‘funding human rights abuses’
UK universities have over £300 million invested in companies which profit from border violence.
‘Crimes against humanity!’ Penny Mordaunt forced to slap down Bridgen in spectacular fashion
Penny Mordaunt hammered Andrew Bridgen for endangering the safety of MPs
Calls for Jeremy Corbyn to sue Nigel Farage over outrageous claim
Farage claimed that Jeremy Corbyn thinks the world is controlled by a 'secret Jewish shadow government.'
More than a quarter of charities predict funding fall as councils struggle
The report said local government is a significant funder of charities, currently providing 13p in every £1 of charity income.
Boost trees and environment to relieve pressure on NHS, politicians urged
The Woodland Trust is calling for more native tree cover as it highlights support from GPs for green measures.
Lee Anderson’s newspaper explanation ‘closest we will get to apology’, says Mordaunt
Shadow Commons Leader Lucy Powell had called on her opposite number to agree that Mr Anderson had used racist and Islamophobic language.
Farage predicts ‘right will unite’ after Starmer says Tories dancing to his tune
The Labour leader had suggested at PMQs that the Conservatives were following Nigel Farage’s playbook.