Deaths related to illicit drugs rose by 11% in Scotland last year to 1,133 as the country struggles to tackle the worst fatality rate in Europe... bbc.com/news/article...

Drug deaths rise sharply in Scotland as figures remain worst in Europe

The figure rose by 11% last year, bringing the total deaths in a decade to more than 11,000.

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Pay rent, eat or keep warm? Growing numbers face hard choices as housing benefit gap grows.. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Pay rent, eat or keep warm? Growing numbers face hard choices as housing benefit gap grows

Wirral mother among renters turning to food banks as gap between a two-bed and housing benefit hits £158 a month – rising to as much as £324 in London

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🚨Camden recorded a 23% increase in rough sleepers in the last year, the biggest proportional rise of any London borough, after the council spent more than £78million on homelessness and rough sleeping services since May 2024... Wasted millions surely 😫 www.nwlondoner.co.uk/news/2109202...

Camden rough sleeping rises 23% despite £78million investment

Camden has recorded a 23% increase in rough sleepers since last year, the biggest proportional rise of any London borough, after the council spent more than £78million on homelessness and rough sleepi...

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🚨Camden recorded a 23% increase in rough sleepers in the last year, the biggest proportional rise of any London borough, after the council spent more than £78million on homelessness and rough sleeping services since May 2024... Wasted millions surely 😫 www.nwlondoner.co.uk/news/2109202...

Camden rough sleeping rises 23% despite £78million investment

Camden has recorded a 23% increase in rough sleepers since last year, the biggest proportional rise of any London borough, after the council spent more than £78million on homelessness and rough sleepi...

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The security service has accepted it gave evidence based on lies to three courts and that senior MI5 officers were repeatedly dishonest - the first time MI5 has accepted that lies were told to the courts while defending a violent neo-Nazi spy www.bbc.com/news/article...

MI5 accepts it gave evidence based on lies in neo-Nazi spy case

It is the first time MI5 has confirmed the BBC's revelation that it gave evidence based on lies in court while defending the violent informant.

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🚨Warning to charities: "reducing admin to free up time" is always code for "we can now cut staff and pile more complex cases onto fewer workers". AI won’t alleviate worker burnout; it will just be used to justify higher caseloads. housingdigital.co.uk/homeless-lin...

Homeless Link tests AI to ease admin burden

Homeless Link has been awarded a grant to develop AI for homelessness case management, with three organisations piloting the new functionality

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Surrounded by police in a Penryn bus shelter for making breakfast with a butter knife. ​When survival tasks like eating become a police matter, the system isn't failing—it's working exactly as designed to push homeless people out of sight. 🧵

Surrounded by police in a Penryn bus shelter for making breakfast with a butter knife. ​When survival tasks like eating become a police matter, the system isn't failing—it's working exactly as designed to push homeless people out of sight. 🧵

The zine looks amazing - and is suddenly so topical! 'To Mask is to Care – why masking at protests matters" is launching on 26 September

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Netpol will launch a zine "To Mask is to Care", making the case for wearing faces mask at protests and building mass non-compliance against a new "mask-free zone" law. 🚀 Saturday 26 Sept 📍 @bookfairldn.bsky.social Created by a Brighton antifascist designer, who we paid, it's 100% AI-slop free

Four women have described being targeted by boys and older men connected to drug gangs, manipulated into abusive relationships, then repeatedly sexually exploited. All believe the authorities failed to protect them and did not take their allegations seriously www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Drug gangs exploited and raped us as teens, then police failed us, women tell BBC

Four victims describe being targeted by criminals and then not being taken seriously by the authorities.

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Finland tried to end homelessness. What can we learn from its runaway success – and recent failures? The Housing First policy led to the number of homeless people in Finland dropping by half. Those with firsthand experience explain why it worked www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Finland tried to end homelessness. What can we learn from its runaway success – and recent failures?

The Housing First policy led to the number of homeless people in Finland dropping by half. Those with firsthand experience explain why it worked

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✂️ CALL-OUT: Volunteer barbers & hairdressers wanted for Streets Fest 2026! ​A fresh trim brings dignity and confidence. Can you offer a couple of hours this Wednesday, 2 Sept. in Finsbury Park? Chairs and power provided! ​📩 DM us or email getinvolved@streetskitchen.org 💈💚

🚨One in six prison leavers in London are released into homelessness, according to analysis by the social justice group Nacro, as the Probation Service struggles with what is being dubbed a "chronic workload crisis". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

One in six prison leavers in London released into homelessness

The issue is part of a wider picture of failing support for people leaving prison, experts say.

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✂️ CALL-OUT: Volunteer barbers & hairdressers wanted for Streets Fest 2026! ​A fresh trim brings dignity and confidence. Can you offer a couple of hours this Wednesday, 2 Sept. in Finsbury Park? Chairs and power provided! ​📩 DM us or email getinvolved@streetskitchen.org 💈💚

John Chistodoulou, the billionaire landlord, has been found in a court of law to owe tenants £263,555. He's now evading paying those residents a penny We need real accounability for landlords that break the law. It's time for a no tolerance approach www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-...

Billionaire 'rogue landlord' could be blacklisted from London

John Chistodoulou was ordered to pay 47 Hackney tenants back their rent after operating unlicensed HMOs

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🚨A Metropolitan Police officer who said he hated #homeless people and "couldn't wait" to Taser someone has been sacked from the force... The 12th now from Charing Cross station since the panorama investigation! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Twelfth Met Police officer sacked over Charing Cross Panorama film

PC Lloyd Hunter was filmed during an undercover sting saying Tasering people was "just so much fun".

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🚨A Metropolitan Police officer who said he hated #homeless people and "couldn't wait" to Taser someone has been sacked from the force... The 12th now from Charing Cross station since the panorama investigation! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Twelfth Met Police officer sacked over Charing Cross Panorama film

PC Lloyd Hunter was filmed during an undercover sting saying Tasering people was "just so much fun".

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‘After a few days he was being bullied, he was assaulted by an officer, he wasn't getting his medication, he wasn't getting his food’ - fears for inmates at troubled jail, HMP Lowdham Grange in Nottinghamshire www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'It's the worst prison he's been to' - fears for inmates at troubled HMP Lowdham Grange

The Ministry of Justice says a number of improvements have been made since it took over the jail.

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FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS 👁️ As police continue expanding their use of this surveillance tool, it's vital to know your rights if you come across one. Read our advice and information article. 👇 https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/facialrecadvice

Police use of facial recognition technology: What are my rights? - Liberty

What is facial recognition technology? How is it used? What are my rights if I am identified using facial recognition technology?

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Turns out trying to witness a solar eclipse is a lot like trying to navigate Britain's police complaints system: high expectations quickly followed by frustration and disappointment

Trump issued his anti-homeless Executive Order one year ago. It's not a coincidence that DC, a historically Black city where the vast majority of unhoused people are Black, is where Trump first began testing his cruel and ineffective anti-homeless order. buff.ly/Yz2JSlF

Opinion: Trump’s Homelessness Executive Order Is Making Homelessness Worse

For a year, the White House has been waging an unprecedented and extreme attack on both people experiencing homelessness and the real solutions to homelessness

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Serious Violence Reduction Orders have no impact on violent crime or weapons offending, says Home Office evaluation Results from a 2-yr pilot reveal that only ONE weapon was recovered from searches under the power across the four trial police force areas www.stop-watch.org/news-opinion...

🚨Extreme heat is a killer for anyone having to sleep rough. Dehydration and sunstroke are critical dangers right now. We need urgent funds to distribute vital survival essentials and run our Hub. Please donate or share to help others! 🥵 www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...

Live facial recognition cameras are to be deployed at some of London's Tube stations from today www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Big Brother Watch questioned the effectiveness of LFR and said its use was "dystopian" and that it "treats the public like suspects"

Facial recognition cameras to be trialled at London Tube stations

The British Transport Police says the technology will only identify those wanted by authorities.

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🚨Extreme heat is a killer for anyone having to sleep rough. Dehydration and sunstroke are critical dangers right now. We need urgent funds to distribute vital survival essentials and run our Hub. Please donate or share to help others! 🥵 www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...

🧵1/ “A reckless, dangerous and racist policing operation” The policing of Brighton’s Carnival Against Fascism: netpol.org/2026/08/07/o...

Nine women have brought a High Court claim against the Metropolitan Police over arrests made before the King's coronation that they say were unlawful. Representing the group, Partner Susie Labinjoh highlights the lasting impact the arrests have had as the case proceeds through the High Court.

The failings come despite decades of promises from police chiefs, senior prosecutors, courts and government that the criminal justice system will better protect women from male violence after a series of scandals... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Police and prosecution errors left proven sex offender free to murder two women in London

Delays to sexual assault charges and failures to report past convictions in court hearings gave Simon Levy chance to attack more women

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'The legislation forms part of a general legislative and judicial trend to recast protest not as a fundamental democratic right but as disruption and collective harm' - Associate Bhaskar Banerjee on Understanding your Protest Rights under the Crime and Policing Act 2026 www.hja.net/expert-comme...

Understanding Your Protest Rights Under the Crime and Policing Act 2026

An overview of how the Crime and Policing Act 2026 reshapes protest rights, expands police powers and introduces new protest‑related offences, including cumulative‑impact assessments and restrictions ...

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'Pushing it out of sight does not solve it'-Concern over treatment of homeless during Fleadh A Cllr. claims there are growing reports of people experiencing #homelessness being encouraged or directed away from the city centre into other parts of Belfast www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast...

Serious concerns raised over treatment of Belfast's homeless during Fleadh

A city councillor claims there are growing reports of people experiencing homelessness being encouraged or directed away from the city centre into other parts of Belfast

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