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!["This week more than 100 women in Yarl's Wood detention centre went on hunger strike"](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14115339_1200-1024x768.jpg)
!["This week more than 100 women in Yarl's Wood detention centre went on hunger strike"](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14115339_1200-1024x768.jpg)
![The DWP is using a bedroom tax case to challenge future welfare appeals](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14125719_1200-1024x683.jpg)
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!["Local politicians say the crisis has been brewing for years."](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14125617_1200-1024x656.jpg)
!["Local politicians say the crisis has been brewing for years."](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14125617_1200-1024x656.jpg)
!["The number of people sleeping on the streets in England is now at the highest level on record"](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14120122_1200-1024x683.jpg)
!["The number of people sleeping on the streets in England is now at the highest level on record"](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14120122_1200-1024x683.jpg)
!["NHS Digital must immediately stop sharing patients’ addresses with the Home Office for immigration tracing"](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14119169_1200-1024x684.jpg)
!["NHS Digital must immediately stop sharing patients’ addresses with the Home Office for immigration tracing"](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14119169_1200-1024x684.jpg)
![The leader of Haringey council, Claire Kober, has announced that she will be stepping down](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14125556_1200-1024x757.png)
![The leader of Haringey council, Claire Kober, has announced that she will be stepping down](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14125556_1200-1024x757.png)
This isn’t a Momentum coup – it’s social housing tenants fighting back
![Libraries have increasingly been used to replace services cut from elsewhere in council budgets](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14125421_1200-1024x956.jpg)
![Libraries have increasingly been used to replace services cut from elsewhere in council budgets](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14125421_1200-1024x956.jpg)
Libraries have taken up the slack of countless parental and elderly services – closing them closes communities.
!["It's worth remembering that the overall number of men in government has only dropped from 89 to 82"](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14125347_1200-1024x683.jpg)
!["It's worth remembering that the overall number of men in government has only dropped from 89 to 82"](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14125347_1200-1024x683.jpg)
!["It would be interesting to know exactly which part of Dudley's comments she disagrees with, given that just a few weeks ago the government was making a very similar argument in the high court"](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14120088_1200-1024x640.jpg)
!["It would be interesting to know exactly which part of Dudley's comments she disagrees with, given that just a few weeks ago the government was making a very similar argument in the high court"](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14120088_1200-1024x640.jpg)
!["A recent report from the Public Accounts Committee found that there were now around 9,000 people sleeping rough and 78,000 families stuck in temporary accommodation"](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14120122_1200-1-1024x683.jpg)
!["A recent report from the Public Accounts Committee found that there were now around 9,000 people sleeping rough and 78,000 families stuck in temporary accommodation"](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14120122_1200-1-1024x683.jpg)
![Seventy Labour councillors from south London have today signed a letter to the shadow Brexit secretary, Keir Starmer, urging a shift in the party's position on Brexit](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14120527_1200-1024x484.png)
![Seventy Labour councillors from south London have today signed a letter to the shadow Brexit secretary, Keir Starmer, urging a shift in the party's position on Brexit](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14120527_1200-1024x484.png)
!["The centre has seen about 100 people come through their doors today alone"](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14125170_1200-1024x531.png)
!["The centre has seen about 100 people come through their doors today alone"](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14125170_1200-1024x531.png)
!["As we approach Christmas there are thousands of children in temporary accommodation"](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14120089_1200-1024x684.jpg)
!["As we approach Christmas there are thousands of children in temporary accommodation"](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14120089_1200-1024x684.jpg)
!["This decision comes after a series of FOI requests from Slater which have resulted in the publication of documents that the DWP did not want to release."](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14124628_1200-1024x681.jpg)
!["This decision comes after a series of FOI requests from Slater which have resulted in the publication of documents that the DWP did not want to release."](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14124628_1200-1024x681.jpg)
!["Yesterday marked six months since the Grenfell fire that destroyed so many lives"](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14123351_1200-1024x683.jpg)
!["Yesterday marked six months since the Grenfell fire that destroyed so many lives"](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14123351_1200-1024x683.jpg)
!["The Conservatives may rally round her for now, but it's increasingly hard to see how she will survive in the long term"](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14125060_1200-1024x602.jpg)
!["The Conservatives may rally round her for now, but it's increasingly hard to see how she will survive in the long term"](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14125060_1200-1024x602.jpg)
![His team now understand his strengths and weaknesses"](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14125021_1200-1024x507.png)
![His team now understand his strengths and weaknesses"](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14125021_1200-1024x507.png)
!["He is the author of the problem he now claims to want to solve."](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14124970_1200-1024x659.jpg)
!["He is the author of the problem he now claims to want to solve."](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14124970_1200-1024x659.jpg)
This isn’t a Momentum coup – it’s social housing tenants fighting back
Libraries have taken up the slack of countless parental and elderly services – closing them closes communities.