Review criticises care at council's flagship hostel after musician's drug death
Joe Black had been a victim of 'cuckooing'
www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi... This sadly resonates with my experience of the role Cuckooing can play in failed tenancies and contributing to MH issues. It also illustrates how hostels often have a negative impact on recovery & are not necessarily the places of safety they are set up as.
04.08.2025 08:29
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protest sign in st marco square venice saying
'if you can rent venice you can pay more tax'
Locals roll out the welcome mat for Bezos in Venice
24.06.2025 08:17
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Infographic with statistics that reveal that 63% of transport workers were assaulted in the last year, 92% face verbal abuse, 25% are physically attacked, 60% of incidents happen whilst lone working and that only one in three workers are satisfied with their employers response.
π¨ 63% of public transport workers experienced violence at work last year.
And 85% were attacked more than once.
This is a crisis. Itβs time for #ActionAgainstAssaults.
Read RMT's shocking new survey
issuu.com/rmtunion/doc...
23.06.2025 08:25
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Telegraph are obsessed with lying about EVs. Fires, sales figures, costs, horror stories of fictional scenarios, anything they can do to scare you into buying more rubbish harmful fossil fuel cars. Itβs all patently false.
Hereβs how they do it.
27.05.2025 11:42
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27.05.2025 10:13
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Should renters get compensation from their landlord when they're evicted?
The Welsh government has rejected a proposal for renters to receive two months of rent in compensation when they are evicted.
27.05.2025 21:14
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How Wales is showing the way for England on homelessness with one simple change
The Welsh government is introducing a new homelessness bill to end priority need and remove barriers for rough sleepers to be supported.
19.05.2025 14:19
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A yellow and orange bar chart on a green background, showing the 10 most overcrowded prisons in England and Wales.
1 Leeds 171%
2 Wandsworth 167%
3 Durham 167%
4 Swansea 164%
5 Exeter 158%
6 Preston 156%
7 Bedford 155%
8 Doncaster 154%
9 Altcourse 152%
10 Leicester 145%
On 28 April, Leeds prison had room for 641 men but was being asked to hold 1,097.
Wandsworth prison had 1,476 men crammed into 883 places.
Durham prison had 561 places for 937 men.
Here are the 10 most overcrowded prisons in England and Wales: howardleague.org/prisons-info...
09.05.2025 09:39
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Gangs hold such influence over jails βit keeps me awake at nightβ, says Timpson
Minister says prison staff who assist organised criminals are being targeted by βbeefed upβ corruption unit
Organised criminal gangs who βcorruptβ staff and enforce drug debts with violence hold such a huge influence over jails across England and Wales that it βkeeps me awake at nightβ, the prisons minister Lord Timpson has said.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
09.05.2025 06:04
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#News flare
Background of concrete Brutalist style flats.
βCuckooing is criminal exploitation where people are coerced into providing access to their home to criminals, who then use it as a base for their activity.β
Portrait of Dr Bainbridge in circle at bottom left.
βDr Laura Bainbridge is spearheading efforts to prevent county lines gangs from cuckooing vulnerable people.β
Following International Womenβs Day on Saturday, we're spotlighting Dr Bainbridgeβs crucial work in helping authorities tackle #cuckooing in society. Read more about her impactful research below:
tinyurl.com/ywam4a8h
#IWD2025 #AcademicSky #LawSky #Research
10.03.2025 10:01
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More than half of Brits think there are more people rough sleeping than facing hidden homelessness. ποΈ
The image of someone sleeping rough still dominates how people think about homelessness, new polling from the Centre for Homelessness Impact & Ipsos found. Read more. β¬οΈ
https://bit.ly/3X2r4SJ
14.02.2025 13:13
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Really worrying statistics for rough sleeping figures on the rise. Read more below π
#Homelessness #RoughSleeping
04.02.2025 15:23
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TV legend Danny Dyer has revealed on his podcast, Live and Let Dyers, that his experience selling copies of the Big Issue in London had been a βjoyβ β despite the public looking at him βlike scumβ.
Listen below. β¬οΈ
https://buff.ly/49xhDQ6
12.12.2024 12:13
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