'Nazis burn books - these have gone one step further and burnt a library' - Liverpool Echo liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool…

How Nigel Farage, Major Media Outlets and Ofcom 'Normalised Islamophobia and Then Justified It' bylinetimes.com/2024/05/31/how…

🚨BREAKING: new government stats show 151,630 children in England are currently homeless in temporary accommodation with their families. ⚠️ This is the HIGHEST number since records began. It’s shameful – we need urgent government action to tackle the housing emergency.

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At the centre of the #HousingEmergency is a lack of social homes. 90k new social homes a year for 10 years would be enough to house every homeless household and clear most social housing waiting lists. Our NEW report sets out a plan on exactly how the govt can achieve this. 🧵

#Video: Two weeks ago our Liverpool Libraries and Information Services staff were devastated by the attack on Spellow Library in Walton. Since then, something wonderful has happened that has restored their faith in people's love for libraries... #SpellowSupport #ReadingNotRioting Marnie Riches Department for Culture, Media and Sport Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Gov

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Really looking forward to this book coming out - it's a beautifully written, empirically grounded example of sociology at its best! uclpress.co.uk/book/caring-is…

Polling by YouGov from June shows public ownership is more popular than ever. Respondents were asked "Do you think the following should be nationalised and run in the public sector, or privatised and run by private companies?" weownit.org.uk/public.../supp…

Public libraries in 'crisis' as councils cut services bbc.com/news/articles/…

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Corruption review finds 'red flags' in more than 130 Covid contracts bbc.com/news/articles/…

Manchester turns to ‘housing first’ scheme to eradicate rough sleeping The scheme gives people homes when they need them, without conditions attached, has brought down homelessness by 70% and eradicated poverty-based homelessness completely. theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

After Grenfell, we need a sea change in the way the country thinks about housing. That’s why GM is following Finland’s lead and becoming the first UK city-region to adopt a Housing First philosophy.👇🏻

💥 Families are at breaking point. It is an emergency when people cannot afford essential items like food, baby formula and sanitary products. We have been driving around Westminster asking Keir Starmer to take urgent action against hardship. Have you spotted our van?

Congratulations to the winners of this year’s SHI Foundation book prize - Kate Reed, Julie Ellis and Elspeth Whitby for ‘Understanding baby loss: The sociology of life, death and post-mortem’ manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526163189/ #MedSoc24

Just less than 6 weeks after it was torched by mindless rioters, Spellow Library Hub in Walton is beginning to rise from the ashes. It's not yet ready to reopen, but it's getting there... #SpellowSupport Culture Liverpool Department for Culture, Media and Sport Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Gov Liam Robinson Steve Rotheram Dan Carden

The Cure The Cure have announced the release date of their first album in 16 years, by placing a single poster outside the pub they played their first gig in 1978. The Railway, Crawley, Sussex. Now that’s cool….and two fingers up to the usual corporate hype.

Brexit deal impact 'worsening', economists warn bbc.com/news/articles/…