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Safe parking lots grow as unhoused people increasingly find shelter in cars
In The Spotlight With rent on the rise and civic resources stretched thin, communities are turning to a quintessential urban asset as a temporary home for the unhoused
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Bipartisan group pitches Child Tax Credit expansion
Speed Read Congressional negotiators have unveiled their nearly $80 billion tax plan — now they have to pass it.
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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'Good democracies include their poorest citizens. The UK excludes them'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By The Week UK Published
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Cost-of-living crisis: is the UK over the worst of it?
Today's Big Question Inflation data showing sharp falls in price rises will bring ‘sighs of relief in government’, but food prices may not ever come back down
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Cost of living: is shoplifting on the rise?
feature Stores tighten security as thefts of goods soars by 22% amid financial turmoil
By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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Is it time for Britons to accept they are poorer?
Today's Big Question Remark from Bank of England’s Huw Pill condemned as ‘tin-eared’
By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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How rural poverty is getting worse across the UK
feature Low pay, insecure employment and poor public transport exacerbating the cost-of-living crisis
By The Week Staff Published
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The white saviour complex
feature When celebrities support certain causes, can they do more harm than good?
By James Hobson Published
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Nadine Dorries and the ‘fake’ Channel 4 show
feature Commons committee condemns former culture minister for ‘groundless’ claims about reality TV programme featuring MPs
By The Week Staff Published
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How the government-backed interest-free loans work
feature Expanding scheme offers up to £2,000 for those in financial need
By The Week Staff Published
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‘It’s Nigel Farage setting the agenda’
Instant Opinion Your digest of analysis from the British and international press
By The best columns Published
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‘We are in danger of inflicting a humanitarian calamity’
Instant Opinion Your digest of analysis from the British and international press
By The best columns Published
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Afghanistan aid efforts ‘falling short’ as winter crisis escalates
In Depth Extreme poverty is forcing parents to sell children and organs to survive
By The Week Staff Published
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‘Britain is suffering from an ever-dwindling supply of compassion’
Instant Opinion Your digest of analysis from the British and international press
By The best columns Published
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