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MORE than two in every three children leaving care are placed in squalid bed and breakfasts by budget-stripped councils, a charity revealed yesterday.
In an undercover investigation, children’s charity Barnardo’s discovered that the Department for Education’s (DfE) figures have failed to record the over 800 young people placed in B&Bs rather than permanent accommodation.
It is believed that half of the councils in England are repeatedly placing care leavers in B&Bs, often for more than 28 days.
Liverpool Trades Council has unveiled a ‘People’s Budget’ to fight £56m cuts and council tax rises. DEAN YOUNG reports
Our housing crisis isn’t an accident – it’s class war, trapping millions in poverty while landlords and billionaires profit. To solve it, we need comprehensive transformation, not mere tokenistic reform, writes BECK ROBERTSON
The Labour Party proposal to scrap benefits for those unable to work will be debated in Parliament next Tuesday, and threatens the most vulnerable in our society. ALAN MORRISON presents some responses in poetry