Sociology

Private Renters Aren't Going Away - The Budget Needs Policies To Help Them Now

The sooner we start to reform the private rented sector alongside building more homes, the sooner we’ll be making progress towards a genuine, joined-up and long-term housing strategy
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Demand For Urgent Review As Suicide Among Recently-Released Prisoners Rockets By 21%

Epidemic of drugs and violence gripping UK jails thought to be damaging inmates' mental health.
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50% More Poor Students Could Go To Top Universities If This Change Was Introduced

Think tank says 'contextual admissions' would mean hundreds more going to selective institutions.
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Elderly And Vulnerable Excluded From Housing Cap After Government U-Turn

Theresa May announced the policy change just hours before a Labour debate on the issue
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Prisons Chief Forced To Admit Record High Suicide Rate Is 'Damning Indictment' Of Jails

Staggering 70% were known to have an existing mental health problem.
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Millennials Are Facing A Post-Brexit 'Lost Decade'

'The next generation is set to have less wealth.'
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New Social Housing More Popular With Public Than Private Homes, Research Reveals

One housing association believes attitudes to social housing are changing
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Government Accused Of Hiding Universal Credit Statistics From MPs

Commons committee demands answers from David Gauke.
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Labour Aims To End Tory Privatisation Of Prison Maintenance After Report Exposes Squalid Cells

Five-year deals with private contractors Carillion and Geo Amey that the MoJ entered in 2014 are failing to deliver promised savings.
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Labour Demands £1.1bn Post-Grenfell Rescue Package For Social Housing

'The social housing system is on its knees. It needs a big adrenalin shot to kick it back into life.'
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