In a column for The Lead I wrote about the economic precarity of millennials in private rented housing and chronically insecure work.

This growing group should be Labour’s first priority - and I have some policy ideas too

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Black pregnant women face higher risks of death due to systemic racism - specialised support could help save lives, but the birth doula industry is overwhelmingly white and privileged

We The Lead spoke to the Black and brown doulas fighting for change:

thelead.uk/black-and-brow…

This👇 is a piece by Hannah Fearn we ran at The Lead last week. I'm still thinking about it, and I'm still angry;not least bc of how vividly it shows UK's truly violent divide—most dehumanising one, akin to, say,ethnicity/religion elsewhere—is poverty.
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ICYMI: Windrush scandal victim and campaigner Anthony Williams has died after being bankrupt and betrayed by Home Office
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Black pregnant women face higher risks of death due to systemic racism - specialised support could help save lives, but the birth doula industry is overwhelmingly white and privileged

We The Lead spoke to the Black and brown doulas fighting for change:

thelead.uk/black-and-brow…

Whenever I see stories like this about the #WindrushGeneration (and there are so many) I remember that this country had the gall to name a tube line after them like we've done them a favour

Rate of suicide for female nurses in the UK is  already 23% higher than for women in the general population - and it's still growing: buff.ly/3HlGitz

Yet Victoria Atkins and Amanda Pritchard at NHS England have decided to cut mental health support for hospital staff.

Whenever I see stories like this about the #WindrushGeneration (and there are so many) I remember that this country had the gall to name a tube line after them like we've done them a favour

Richard Black was left stranded in Trinidad for 41 years after his UK citizenship was revoked - despite living in the UK since he was six.

We went with him as he visited his mother's grave in London for the first time. He was refused travel documents to attend her funeral.

'The effect of protracted, state-inflicted trauma on physical health in Black people requires urgent academic research' ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Anthony Williams died in Jamaica, after being left destitute and violated by the abhorrent UK government. Another Windrush tragedy. 😞

“I spent the best part of my life serving the British army, and when I needed help everyone turned their back on me,”

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Anthony served in the Army & lived in the UK for 51 years - the Tories said he wasn't British and left him destitute

Now, months after moving to Jamaica for a fresh start, he's died

At least 57 people have died waiting for #WindrushScandal compensation

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Sean is part of a Black cancer support group From Me To You which runs every last Thursday of the month. The next one is on the 25th April.

A man who was diagnosed with prostate cancer & left struggling with erectile dysfunction after surgery has opened up about his experience to save lives. 1 in 4 Black men will get prostate cancer but Sean hopes fear won’t deter men from getting checked. mirror.co.uk/news/health/on…

This is a tragedy

Anthony Williams - former British soldier and Windrush Scandal campaigner - has died in Jamaica months after leaving for a fresh start after being left penniless and humiliated by the Tory government

Donate to help honour his legacy:
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(4/5) “I spent the best part of my life serving the British army, and when I needed help everyone turned their back on me,” he said last year.

You can donate 👇 to help honour his legacy: thelead.uk/british-army-v…
#Windrush #Windrush Scandal Natalie Morris

(3/5) Williams used the last reserves of his energy to raise awareness about Home Office's failings.

Of the 15,700 Windrush scandal victims eligible for compensation, only 1,085 have been paid, marking this as the least successful compensation scheme today. #Windrush

🚨 NEW: A British Army veteran of 13 years and victim of the Windrush Scandal has died in Jamaica after being left destitute and humiliated by UK government buff.ly/4aQxF7L

British army veteran bankrupted by #Windrush scandal dies in Jamaica. Say his name #AnthonyWilliams thelead.uk/british-army-v… (by Natalie Morris for The Lead)

This is a tragedy

Anthony Williams - former British soldier and Windrush Scandal campaigner - has died in Jamaica months after leaving for a fresh start after being left penniless and humiliated by the Tory government

Donate to help honour his legacy:
thelead.uk/british-army-v…