Revealed: Housing associations urged ministers to let them increase rents
Representatives of housing associations including Clarion, Peabody, L&Q and Optivo met and wrote to ministers over the summer
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Contractor where staff traded racist messages banks millions in profit
Mitie was handed a £53m contract in September despite reports of poor conditions at asylum centres
Revealed: Qatar has spent £440,000 hosting British MPs since 2012
openDemocracy analysis reveals extent of Qatar’s charm offensive in the decade leading up to the World Cup
Private renters will face ‘winter of hardship’ after autumn statement
Campaigners had urged the government to cap private rents alongside social rents, which will be limited to a 7% rise
MPs vote through National Security Bill in ‘disaster for free press’
Backbenchers had wanted a ‘public interest defence’ to prevent journalists being jailed for sharing restricted information
Black nurses tell of double hit from pay discrimination and cost of living
Institutional racism has led to Black nurses being stuck in low pay bands and left with no choice but to take second jobs
UK is pinching 1 in 4 of its nurses from countries with desperate shortages
Exclusive: NHS gaps are seemingly being filled ‘at the expense of poorer countries’ with larger staffing shortfalls