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Evictions Ban Extended By Just 4 Weeks Despite Growing Fears Over Homelessness

Labour welcomes "eleventh hour U-turn" but charities say moratorium should last six month so renters can "get back on their feet".
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Fears Modern Slavery Victims Are Falling Off Radar As Referrals See Huge Drop During Lockdown

More than 10,000 people were identified as potential victims of forced labour last year. But a lack of frontline services this year has seen figures drop.
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Sunak Told Stopping Summer Free School Meals 'Lacks Compassion'

Exclusive: Children's Commissioner for England contrasts "small" cost of continuing voucher scheme with £132bn support for the economy.
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Vulnerable Children Will Keep Falling Prey To Grooming Gangs Unless Government Gets Serious

Organised child abuse is happening up and down the country and requires billions of pounds to fix, writes children's commissioner Anne Longfield OBE.
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Kids Must Not Be Used As Bargaining Chips In Brexit Talks, Says Children's Commissioner

There are more than half a million children in the UK born to EU nationals.
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