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MORE than 350 charities united yesterday in opposition to the government’s community work placements scheme, which has been branded slave labour by critics.
Community work placements are six-month forced unpaid work placements for unemployed people which require local council and charity participation.
But 352 voluntary-sector organisations have so far signed up to the Keep Volunteering Voluntary agreement.
From pirate statues to surplus Wembley seats, The Dripping Pan offers a reminder that the game’s soul survives beyond the Premier League glare, writes LAYTH YOUSIF
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 work done by Glasgow’s local campaigners and volunteers is truly inspiring, but it cannot stop at picking up the pieces of an irresponsible government, writes MAYA McGOWAN