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Natalie Bloomer

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*Comment & Analysis

Pick of the week: Prisons, drugs and sex workers

*Comment & Analysis

Boris Johnson's support for Brexit has failed to boost the Leave campaign

Pick of the week: Brexit, Boris and the Bedroom tax

News

Campaigners protest against the sell-off of homes by Lambeth council

The ‘co-operative council’ forcing residents out of their homes

*Blog

Supreme Court judges will decide if the bedroom tax discriminates against disabled people

Bedroom Tax: ‘Our battle with the DWP has taken its toll on our health’

*Comment & Analysis

A round up of Boris' broken promises was our most-read piece this week

Pick of the week: Boris’s broken promises

*Blog

Rough sleeping has increased by 30% in the last year

David Cameron must take responsibility for the surge in rough sleepers

*Blog

IDS' views are far removed from reality

IDS cuts money for most vulnerable – and calls it ‘support’

IDS ignores the evidence about the impact of his cuts and ploughs on regardless

*Comment & Analysis

Another row over free speech and no-platforming has broken out

Pick of the week: No-platforming, prisons and porn

A chance to catch up on our top stories of the week

*Blogs

The Supreme Court ruled that Joint Enterprise rules have been misinterpreted for decades

The joint enterprise ruling should be celebrated not feared

News

Campaigners claim changes to legal aid have prevented victims of domestic violence from accessing justice

Court rules against legal aid restrictions for domestic violence victims

*Comment & Analysis

The London mayoral candidates went head-to-head in a tech debate this week

Pick of the week: London mayoral race heats up

News

A new report suggests welfare changes will hit vulnerable children hardest

Government welfare bill will hit vulnerable children hardest

*Comment & Analysis

The tips loophole: Restaurant accused of using service charge to pay managers

*Comment & Analysis

Tory plans to scrap the human rights act appear to be dead in the water

Pick of the week: Human rights, political wrongs

*Blog

Iain Duncan Smith's welfare reforms have come in for endless criticism

Not fit for work: All the times Iain Duncan Smith has got it badly wrong

*Comment & Analysis

David Cameron has come under fire for his "bunch of migrants" comment

Pick of the week: Cameron’s shame

*Blog

Homelessness in the UK is soaring

The growing homeless crisis politicians don’t want to talk about

*Blog

Corbyn's comments on the Falklands could have handed the next election to the Tories

Pick of the week: Corbyn’s gift to the Tories

*Blog

The choices of working class women are often limited because of low-pay

The gender pay gap debate needs some old-fashioned class analysis

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