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Evictions up by a third as government stalls on renter reforms

Campaigners have called on the government to support tenants as rents continue to soar

Boris Johnson’s new Lords appointees have donated £17m to the Tory Party

Johnson put Tory donors in the Lords at twice the rate of any other PM since 2013, openDemocracy analysis shows

Revealed: Sunak snubbed request to appoint more diverse Covid inquiry panel

Groups representing minorities were told that having the inquiry overseen by more than one person would take too long

Emails reveal Chris Whitty’s response to Boris Johnson critics during Covid

Whitty told the editor of The Lancet medical journal: “I basically don’t think you understand what we are doing”

Government accepts climate crisis will hit transport, utilities, food and homes

Wildfires and air pollution are among the major risks facing the UK – with the most vulnerable at the sharp end

Asylum hotel won’t let mum cook for her sickle cell daughter

Hotel has refused charity’s requests, leaving 16-month-old Zarah with only baby food that she won’t eat

Renting crisis forces overseas students to live in hostels and unsafe flats

Six months’ rent up front, or a guarantor earning £84,000 – overseas students tell of landlords’ impossible demands