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‘People are so judgmental’: the growing cohort of over-55s facing homelessness

April 9, 2026 by Rachel Hall

Richard Hewett, who was forced to sleep in his car when his relationship broke down, is one of many in the UK hit by rising costs and a lack of social housing

April 5, 2026 by School of Society and Environment, Queen Mary University of London

Public Lecture | Palestine and the World: Struggle and Solidarity, by Professor Steven Salaita (AUC)

Join the Centre for the Study of Race, Class and Empire for the public lecture by Professor Steven Salaita, renowned Palestinian intellectual, scholar and novelist on Wednesday, 8 April 2026, 5.45-8pm.

April 4, 2026 by Hannah Spencer, MP

What I learned from my first few weeks as a Green MP? Most politicians have no clue how tough things are out there — Hannah Spencer, MP for Gorton and Denton, is sworn in at the House of Commons, 2 March 2026. Photo: House of Commons

With this escalating cost of living crisis, so many are really suffering – yet Labour lacks the imagination, boldness and will to do anything about it.

April 3, 2026 by Ed Davey MP, Luke Taylor MP, Cllr Luke Cawley-Harrison

Lib Dems Condemn Kanye West Announcement — Image: Lib Dem letter to Home Secretary

Dear Home Secretary, We are writing to you with the utmost urgency regarding the reported upcoming performance by Kanye West at Wireless Festival in Finsbury Park.

March 30, 2026 by Unwritten Lives

London's historic day of multicultural protest against the far right — "Together Against The Far Right" rally. Trafalgar Square. Photo: Unwritten Lives

On 28 March 2026, tens of thousands of people gathered in London to march against the far right.

March 25, 2026 by Together Alliance

Together 28 March London — Fill this space. Trafalgar Square, London. Photo: Together Alliance UK

March TOGETHER against the far right. Central London. Saturday 28 March 2026. 12pm to 6pm. Join us!

March 6, 2026 by Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine

Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine statement on unlawful US-Israeli military action in Iran — Photo: Funeral of schoolgirls killed in US-Israeli strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school, Minab, southern Iran. Morteza Akhondi, 3 March 2026

London, 5th March 2026 – The Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine unequivocally condemns the latest unilateral and unlawful US-Israeli military action in Iran and urges the UK Government not to be complicit by allowing the US to use British military bases to attack Iran.

March 2, 2026 by Stop the War Coalition

Stop Trump’s Wars: Demonstrate Central London — Image: Stop the War Coalition

The Middle East is being set alight by the US-Israeli attacks on Iran. Already hundreds of civilians have been killed. We condemn the bombing and demand the UK government oppose these illegal attacks on a sovereign country. Demonstrations are taking place across the UK. Join the demo in central London on Saturday 7 March at 12:00 noon.

January 24, 2026 by Adnan Ali & Eric Stobbaerts

Eric and Adnan in Rio — Celebrating Iemanjá, Goddess of the Sea and Queen of the Ocean, Rio de Janeiro, January 2011. Photo: Courtesy of Eric Stobbaerts (left), and Adnan Ali (right).

It has been 20 years since the UK’s first same-sex civil unions took place on 19 December 2005. Adnan Ali and Eric Stobbaerts were one of the first gay couples in London to form a civil partnership on that historic day. They are both busy men with global lives. Unwritten Lives was glad to catch up with them in London, where the couple spoke with Ishtiyaq Shukri.

November 13, 2025 by Seán Robinson

So you think you know all about addiction and the "typical addict." Think again, because addiction does not discriminate. What you see on the street is just the tip of the iceberg.

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