This is a vital must watch contribution from the front lines... 'Homelessness isn't the issue': Rough sleepers respond to Andy Burnham's support pledge news.sky.com/video/what-r...

'Homelessness isn't the issue': Rough sleepers respond to Andy Burnham's support pledge

Andy Burnham has pledged to end rough sleeping nationwide as his first official act as prime minister, backed by an initial £340m investment targeting at least 3,000 people.

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In under a month, #StreetsFest is back in Finsbury Park! 🎊🎉🎵🎶 ​The UK's only festival specifically for people experiencing #homelessness or at risk, bringing key services and grassroots support directly to those in need. ​Stay tuned for updates! #Islington #Haringey #Hackney

In under a month, #StreetsFest is back in Finsbury Park! 🎊🎉🎵🎶 ​The UK's only festival specifically for people experiencing #homelessness or at risk, bringing key services and grassroots support directly to those in need. ​Stay tuned for updates! #Islington #Haringey #Hackney

🏠Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Housing Costs - Update 2026🏠 Bethan Harris, Desmond Rutledge & Kevin Gannon (@gardencourtlaw.bsky.social) round up the past year’s key developments in #HousingBenefit and #UniversalCreditHousingCosts. Read on ➡️ hi.switchy.io/yYha

Our economy should be measured by how the bottom 30% are doing in the supermarket — not how the top 1% are doing in the stock market.

📣 We need your help to save lives of people who are homeless across the UK Please read and share: museumofhomelessness.org/news/call-ou...

Call out for your help to save lives of people who are homeless — Museum of Homelessness

We need your help to prevent future deaths of people experiencing homelessness. We have been documenting this since 2019 through our Dying Homeless Project, to remember people with love and to preve...

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Hear hear! The police force has a very well resourced PR arm that conceals the sinister purposes and activities in which the force engages. Surveillance of Doreen Lawrence and her family is a another clear example

Streets Kitchen @streetskitchen.bsky.social · 2w ago

Homelessness is a housing crisis, not a police matter ​You cannot build trust with people on the streets while partnering with those paid to move them on, confiscate gear and criminalise them ​ Why we oppose police involvement in #homeless forums & outreach: www.streetskitchen.org/2026/07/soli...

Jon Boutcher, a senior police officer who took over responsibility for the Special Demonstration Squad unit, concluded within months that it had to be wound up because it was conducting unjustified surveillance and was badly run, Spycops inquiry hears www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Undercover police unit closed down over unjustified surveillance, spycops inquiry told

Senior officer behind closure says SDS caused ‘incalculable harm’ by infiltrating groups that posed no threat

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Outreach groups which feed those experiencing homelessness are being forced to relocate out of Belfast City Centre during the Fleadh amid concerns for rough sleepers during the festival. tinyurl.com/4chuebfr

Homeless services forced to move from Belfast city centre as Fleadh comes to town

Outreach groups which feed the homeless are being forced to relocate out of Belfast City Centre during the Fleadh amid concerns for rough sleepers during the festival.

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Fantastic groups visiting the museum recently from Utah and Washington, United States, Hamburg, Germany, Berg, Switzerland, Warsaw, Poland and Sao Paulo, Brazil. young people and activists from all over the world, with the energy and creativity to face the challenges we are all experiencing 💜

🚨England is on track this year for the highest number of heat-related deaths since records began, according to estimates by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

England on track for record heat-related deaths this year, UKHSA estimates

In a preliminary assessment, the agency said there were an estimated 2,877 heat-related deaths during the May and June heatwaves, almost double the figure for last year.

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Homelessness is rising across the UK, but behind every statistic is a person or family. This @bigissue.com article breaks down the latest facts and figures, helping to show the scale of the challenge and why action to prevent homelessness is so important. Read more: https://loom.ly/r0t_nLE

Homelessness facts and stats: The damning numbers you need to know

Experts worry about a looming crisis of homelessness. These are the rough sleeping figures and homelessness facts you need to know.

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🚨Extreme heat puts London's rough sleepers at critical risk right now. We need urgent donations for essential emergency supplies. ​🔗 Donate here: www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/... 🔁 Sharing can save lives!

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🚨Extreme heat puts London's rough sleepers at critical risk right now. We need urgent donations for essential emergency supplies. ​🔗 Donate here: www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/... 🔁 Sharing can save lives!

#Homeless families placed in temporary accommodation in London were told they could not use the in-built air conditioning as it had “not been offered as an amenity” for them, leading to two children being hospitalised during recent heatwaves. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Homeless families in London temporary housing told not to use air conditioning

Exclusive: Two children reportedly taken to hospital after residents told in-built units ‘not offered as amenity’

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128+ guests served in Archway. 🙌 ​Huge love to all the legends who gave a shift last night! Find us every Friday and Sunday evening from 7:30 PM at Archway Tube Station. ​💡 Want to give a shift? Drop us a DM to join a team near you!

The Spycops inquiry has heard how senior Scotland Yard officers arranged for New Zealand police force to covertly monitor Helen Steel on two of her trips there as part of a calculated plan when they feared she was about to expose one of their undercover officers www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

How the Met police spent £2.5m hiding spycop from former partner

Spycops inquiry has revealed how Helen Steel was secretly monitored in her search for undercover officer who deceived her into relationship

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One year later, Trump's anti-homeless Executive Order has been making homelessness worse all across the country. Thursday, 7/30: Join us for a national conversation on the consequences of the Executive Order and how we're fighting back. Register at bit.ly/EOanniversary.

#Homeless families placed in temporary accommodation in London were told they could not use the in-built air conditioning as it had “not been offered as an amenity” for them, leading to two children being hospitalised during recent heatwaves. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Homeless families in London temporary housing told not to use air conditioning

Exclusive: Two children reportedly taken to hospital after residents told in-built units ‘not offered as amenity’

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"A home has become like a luxury item": How London's broken housing system is failing people of colour trustforlondon.org.uk/news/homes-n...

"A home has become like a luxury item": How London's broken housing system is failing people of colour

We tackle poverty and inequality in London

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Heat is set to intensify and become more widespread across England and parts of Wales next week with temperatures surging as high as 35C (95F). (1) www.bbc.com/weather/arti...

UK weather: Heatwave conditions to return as temperatures to peak at 35C

Following weeks of mainly dry weather, we can welcome some rain this weekend, but it is not going to be that much.

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A jury took just eight minutes to unanimously acquit our client . Rebecca Field instructed Ife Thompson, Nexus Chambers in a case highlighting racial trauma and the importance of fair trials. The right to be tried by your peers; the importance of the right to election of trial by jury.

Homelessness is a housing crisis, not a police matter ​You cannot build trust with people on the streets while partnering with those paid to move them on, confiscate gear and criminalise them ​ Why we oppose police involvement in #homeless forums & outreach: www.streetskitchen.org/2026/07/soli...

Solidarity, Not Surveillance: Why Police Belong Nowhere Near Camden’s Homeless Forum - Streets Kitchen

Let’s be completely clear: homelessness is a housing and human rights crisis, not a police matter. ​At Streets Kitchen, like many other grassroots groups, our entire ethos is built on trust, dignity, ...

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Day 2️⃣ Not so much talk of the plan to end rough sleeping as yet.. early days still we guess.. A lot of our guests are sadly getting rather excited with all these promises so we've had to stress that it will take time.. not too long though we hope Andy 🤞

Streets Kitchen @streetskitchen.bsky.social · 2w ago

Day 1️⃣ We're reporting back daily as to whether Andy Burnham has ended rough sleeping yet...🤞 No change yet but we'll go a bit easy this week as he settles into his new gaff Let's hope this new £340million doesn't all go to the usual suspects who evidently have failed so far...

A former Metropolitan police commissioner has admitted that the force failed over decades to properly control a controversial undercover unit that committed “horrendous” abuses, the spycops inquiry has heard. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Former Met police chief admits force failed to properly control spycops unit

Paul Condon tells inquiry there was ‘appalling behaviour by individual officers’ but that greater fault was systemic

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Day 1️⃣ We're reporting back daily as to whether Andy Burnham has ended rough sleeping yet...🤞 No change yet but we'll go a bit easy this week as he settles into his new gaff Let's hope this new £340million doesn't all go to the usual suspects who evidently have failed so far...

Streets Kitchen @streetskitchen.bsky.social · 2w ago

We certainly welcome this statement of intent from @andyburnham.bsky.social We know we can end rough sleeping with the right political will and the full inclusion of ALL the groups working on the ground. www.bigissue.com/news/housing...

We certainly welcome this statement of intent from @andyburnham.bsky.social We know we can end rough sleeping with the right political will and the full inclusion of ALL the groups working on the ground. www.bigissue.com/news/housing...

Andy Burnham vows to end rough sleeping as prime minister

Andy Burnham has vowed to end rough sleeping as prime minister. Here's how he intends to do it and whether he did it in Greater Manchester.

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The brutal clearance of #homeless people from host city centres has been a feature of the World Cup in the US, Canada and Mexico... www.theguardian.com/football/202...

‘Where did they go?’: homeless people feel force of America’s brutality in World Cup clean-up

Fifa says football brings the world together but the unhoused in Atlanta feel targeted and completely excluded from the tournament

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