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Natalie Bloomer

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"The Metropolitan police is under intense pressure to change its approach to crimes against migrants"

Met under pressure as mayor intervenes over migrant rape arrest

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"There was hardly a word about the people at the sharp end of the housing crisis"

It didn’t take long for social housing to fall back off the agenda

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"Of 111 hospitals that responded to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, more than half confirmed that they currently use debt collectors or had done in the past"

Free at the point of use? NHS employs debt-collectors over ‘health tourism’

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"The Migrants' Rights Network says the agreement violates patient confidentiality and discriminates against non-British patients"

Govt faces legal fight over Home Office access to NHS patient data

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The DWP has repeatedly refused to release the documents

DWP fights to block publication of Universal Credit docs

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"He is quickly learning how to be an effective opposition"

Week in review: Corbyn is learning how to hurt the government

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"The DWP again failed to give any estimate of how many children would be lifted out of poverty because of the introduction of Universal Credit

DWP quietly drops Universal Credit child poverty forecast

The DWP no longer wants to talk about the impact of Universal Credit on child poverty

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"While it is encouraging that the Department of Health has taken the time to listen to the concerns of front line workers, the reality is that this policy needs to be scrapped"

Victory for campaigners as govt exempts school nurses from migrant NHS rules

School nurses and health visitors will no longer be expected to enforce new NHS charging rules for migrants

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"Healthcare professionals and activists set up an 'immigration checkpoint' outside the government building to highlight the policy"

Protesters block Department of Health over new migrant NHS rules

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"We heard over and over again that the principle behind the new benefit is to make sure that work always pays"

The Universal Credit debate showed just how out of touch Tory MPs are

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"Private landlords across the country are refusing to rent out properties to people who claim Universal Credit"

Private landlords turning away Universal Credit claimants in droves

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"20 NHS trusts across the country have taken part in a government pilot scheme to trial identification checks for all patients"

Panic, fear, confusion: Inside the hospitals piloting migrant ID checks

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"The group is planning further action before the rules are introduced later this month."

Campaigners descend on London hospital to protest against new migrant NHS rules

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"Angelica and Freddy say they are determined to continue their fight."

London cleaners face David and Goliath battle in luxury car strike

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"The government has now confirmed that the new benefit will not be fully introduced in North Kensington until September 2018."

Rollout of Universal Credit in Grenfell area halted until 2018

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"There is currently very little clarity about how the new rules will be enforced"

Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ turns doctors into immigration guards

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"If there's one thing the Conservatives have done consistently since 2010, it's ignore warnings."

Week in review: The Tories need to take their heads out of the sand

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"The new regulations mean NHS professionals working in the community will be forced to charge patients up front if they are not entitled to free NHS treatment"

School nurses could be forced to deny migrant children treatment under new rules

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"Between June 14th 2017 to July 14th 2017, 580 households (not including Grenfell survivors) were moved out of their local borough"

Social cleansing: Hundreds of families moved out of London boroughs immediately after Grenfell

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