Topic: Poverty
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High rents and insecure accommodation: how London’s housing market is disenfranchising voters
Campaign groups warn that many living in unlicensed rental properties are reluctant to register to vote for fear of rent increases or losing their home
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‘We’ve become a borough that’s resilient’
Despite a chronic shortage of housing and the UK's highest rate of child poverty, Tower Hamlets is home to hundreds of community groups in keeping with the area’s long history of activism
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There’s no such thing as ‘the Muslim vote’. Understanding that is vital for our democracy
Gaza has brought people together, but analysing ‘Muslim voters’ without talking about their class differences is just hollow identity politics
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‘I’m starving, I’m scared’: the refugees forced from asylum hotels onto the streets
The government’s drive to ‘clear the backlog’ left thousands of vulnerable people homeless. Six months after the policy was reversed, little has changed.
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The Hyphenated interview: Dr Shabna Begum on the changing face of Brick Lane
The author fears gentrification of the east London neighbourhood threatens its heritage as a welcoming home for migrant groups
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The Muslim Sisters of Eire take their mission to the streets
A Dublin-based women’s group is changing Ireland’s perception of Islam by helping some of Ireland’s most vulnerable people
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Shabna Begum Q&A: ‘Solidarity across different communities makes a difference’
The author of a new history of the Bangladeshi squatters’ movement on the inextricable links between poor housing and racism
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Let these local elections show the failure of levelling up for what it is
The Conservative Party has not delivered on its promises to poor communities across the country
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Many UK Muslims are trapped in ‘cycle of poverty’ ahead of Ramadan
Speakers at London conference highlight the financial hardships faced by women and young people
