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Royal Wedding Fever Masks Britain’s Escalating Homelessness Crisis
By hustling away homeless people to save Windsor from being seen in an unfavorable light, Britain lost control of its homelessness problem – and revealed a different facet of the country's modern, austerity-driven "brand."
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U.K. Is on Course For the Longest Fall in Living Standards Since Records Began
Even after Britain's “worst decade for productivity growth since 1812 – when Napoleon was busy invading Russia,” the age of austerity is far from over – and the inequality gap in the world’s sixth richest country is only widening.
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Public Outcry Forces London Borough to Reverse New Law Criminalizing Homelessness
People power was on display in Hackney, where popular resistance to a policy targeting the homeless has pushed the council to reverse the law – dropping the threat of £100 fines for those sleeping rough.
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Baroness’s "Poor People Don’t Know How To Cook" Remark Ignites Furor Over UK Food Poverty
Due to welfare cutbacks, rising food prices and unlivable wages, a growing number of people in Britain are having to resort to food banks as a means of staving off hunger.
