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3 days ago |
theguardian.com | Raphael Boyd |Michael Goodier |Eleni Courea
On social media they call it “clout”. The term refers to the amount of influence a personality can command through their posts and followers who like and share their content. Among UK politicians, one man has more of it than all the others put together.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Michael Goodier
Across England, more families than ever are being squeezed into temporary accommodation – hotels, bed and breakfasts and short-let flats that were never intended to be permanent homes. Cash-strapped councils are running out of options to deal with the rising number of people housed in temporary lodgings, while some private landlords are pocketing millions of pounds.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Kiran Stacey |Michael Goodier
Private landlords and hotel owners are charging councils far in excess of market rent to house people who would otherwise end up on the street, an investigation has found, laying bare the depth of England’s homelessness crisis. Local authorities in England are paying 60% more for rooms in places such as bed and breakfasts and hostels than it would cost to rent similar-sized accommodation on the private market, with half of them spending double the local going rate.
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3 weeks ago |
msn.com | Michael Goodier
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3 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Michael Goodier
A total of seven MPs have spent on average one working day a week on second jobs since the start of the 2024 parliament, with additional gigs as TV presenters, lawyers and consultants. A Guardian analysis of self-declared working hours found the seven had worked at least 300 hours since July – the equivalent of eight hours a week, in outside employment averaged across the parliament – totalling more than 3,000 hours between them.
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