Natalie Bloomer

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"It's three months since a fire tore through Grenfell Tower in North Kensington"

Will Grenfell really change attitudes towards social housing? The signs are not good

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"Rees-Mogg is not a principled man, he is a man who picks and chooses his religious beliefs to suit him."

Week in review: The likes of Jacob Rees-Mogg pick and choose their religious beliefs to suit them

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"The all migrant workforce say they are currently paid £7.50 per hour "

Daily Mail’s migrant cleaners preparing to strike for better pay

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"There is nothing wrong with acknowledging the race of the men involved in cases involving grooming gangs but there is a way of doing that without suggesting that all Pakistani men are rampaging around the country raping white girls"

No, Sarah Champion hasn’t been hounded out of her job for speaking the truth

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"Campaigners for sex workers' rights say that by focusing on the prosecution and deportation of the worker rather than the attack against her, police were discouraging other women from coming to them for help"

Sex worker robbed at knifepoint faces deportation after contacting police

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"Documents relating to the government's controversial fit-for-work tests could be blocked from publication after the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) launched a legal challenge."

DWP fights to block publication of fit-for-work documents

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"It is not a coincidence that all these crises come after years of Tory austerity."

Week in Review: Everywhere you look the impact of austerity is there to see

Austerity is destroying our public services

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"Boots say they receive "frequent" complaints from people who "voice their disapproval" that the company sells the morning after pill at all"

Week in review: One step forward two steps back for women’s equality

From equal pay to reproductive rights women are still experiencing regular discrimination because of our gender

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"Online abuse is the same as real-world abuse in at least one respect: More often than not, it comes from men"

The left doesn’t have a misogyny problem, men have a misogyny problem

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"The people who are now coming under attack have just experienced one of the most horrific events imaginable"

It didn’t take long for sympathy for Grenfell survivors to turn to scorn

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"Any pretence of being 'strong and stable' has long gone, this is now about survival"

Week in Review: Abortion amendment shows how easily government can be hurt

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"In the wake of the horrific Grenfell fire, it's hard to think of a film more important or more needed right now"

Dispossession: A vital new film on the social housing crisis

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"Failings of state support are not limited to Grenfell"

Week in review: Grenfell has shone a light on the failings of state support

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The class divide was on full display when it was announced that Grenfell survivors would be housed at Kensington Row

Rich residents complaining about living near Grenfell survivors comes as no surprise

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' "Concerns remain that some survivors of the fire may be deterred from coming forward for support and to access other services.

Calls grow for an immigration amnesty for Grenfell survivors

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"Groups working on the ground in Kensington are worried that people could be prevented from seeking support or even from notifying authorities of missing relatives"

Concerns grow that Grenfell survivors might not seek support because of fears over immigration status

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"It shouldn't take a horrific and preventable fire for people to take notice"

It shouldn’t take a deadly fire for us to start caring about social housing tenants

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"It isn't about scoring political points, it's about making sure that anyone responsible for not ensuring the safety of those families is held to account."

Yes, the Grenfell Tower fire is political – to suggest otherwise does the victims a disservice

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"If there's one thing we know about May, she's good at empty rhetoric"

An end to austerity? I’ll believe it when I see it

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