“People have nowhere to turn”: Britain’s first “warm banks” open their doors
Charities and councils offer refuge for people who cannot afford heating this winter.
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Harry Clarke-Ezzidio
Harry Clarke-Ezzidio is a policy reporter at the New Statesman.
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More than six million people are now waiting for health service treatment in England.
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Rail union chief slams “scab charter” to replace strikers with agency staff
At a fraught transport select committee session, unions and rail bosses clashed over strike action.
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Half of struggling families have no spending money after monthly bills
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NHS outsourcing linked to hundreds of preventable deaths
Researchers from Oxford University have found that increasing private NHS corresponds with more avoidable deaths.
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