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Lynne McMordie

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Social scientist, researching housing, homelessness and poverty. Critical realism enthusiast.

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Women in Northern Ireland are being forced out of their own homes by abusers due to financial control, weak legal orders & intimidation. New research by @lynnemcmordie.bsky.social shows they often end up homeless & still at risk. It’s time for real reform. researchportal.hw.ac.uk/en/publicati...

14.03.2025 08:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ™Œ Proud and excited to launch a new legal briefing from @lawmanity.com "Ending Destitution in Scotland - A Roadmap for Policymakers" 🏑

The report explains how ScotGov can tackle the harm and #destitution imposed on #migrant and #NRPF people by the UK Govt's hostile environment policies 🫢

19.02.2025 17:33 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Family courts get new guidance on 'parental alienation' in family court battles Family Courts should give more weight to allegations of domestic abuse than to claims of so called "parental alienation", it says

New guidance issued today - β€œparental alienation syndrome” has no evidential basis & is a harmful pseudo-science. Good step in addressing misuse of family courts to perpetrate post separation abuse.

BBC News - New guidance on 'parental alienation' in family court battles
www.bbc.com/news/article...

11.12.2024 08:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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On the streets of Liverpool, there is a humanitarian crisis

A perfect storm of problems means more and more people are finding themselves homeless & sleeping rough & it’s getting worse - it’s a situation playing out across the country

A difficult 🧡 on what I’ve found reporting on this situation

23.11.2024 06:29 πŸ‘ 1270 πŸ” 728 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 100