Topic: Poverty
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Coffee Afrik: the east London community group ‘rooted in joy, Islam and love’
Keeping unhoused people warm in winter, and supporting local women and young people, a grassroots organisation is bringing its own vision of community to the UK capital
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Bangladeshi and Pakistani families worst affected by poverty in UK
Joseph Rowntree Foundation also found the West Midlands is the only region where poverty rates have risen since the mid-1990s
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Muslim-led projects to beat loneliness saved Britain £56m last year
Study links health problems including depression and even heart attacks to loneliness — but finds groups like Sisters4Islam are reaching those in need
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‘Maybe my mum’s hoarding was her craving a sense of home’
Our attachments to physical possessions are complex, multilayered and often linked to life experiences — especially within immigrant communities
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Religious organisations stand on the frontline against poverty in Luton
Muslims, Sikhs and Christians are joining together to help people in need this winter — and beyond
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Starmer got into politics to ‘change lives’. MPs say constituents are getting impatient
Labour is set to unveil a new set of pledges on the NHS, housing and living standards. Will it be enough?
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Forgotten pioneer of British Islam Fatima Cates is being written back into history
More than a century after her death, the rediscovery of an important Victorian figure is inspiring new generations
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Labour’s first budget hits and misses for working people
Will Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s plans be bold enough to make a difference to working people who voted for urgent change?
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Rachel Reeves’s first budget was historic — but the debate is eerily familiar
Labour’s first budget in nearly 15 years contained few surprises thanks to some judicious leaks. But who will win the spin war?
