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The Latest Breaking News from Shelter

More than half of teachers are working with pupils who are homeless

‘Years without a stable home has made it hard for him to focus on school’

The Independent UK

Rough sleeping crisis in London is so bad 'I want to scream,' says homelessness minister Alison McGovern

Hundreds of people are sleeping rough in central London in the run-up to Christmas

Evening Standard

‘Unthinkable’ surge in rough sleeping as housing crisis laid bare

Stark new data comes as Labour announces its homelessness strategy

The Independent UK

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Homelessness minister promises to end use of B&Bs as emergency housing

Exclusive: Alison McGovern makes target for end of this parliament, but figures show homelessness has jumped

The Guardian - UK

If you're buying a real Christmas tree this year, consider B&Q – £1 of every real tree sale is going to Shelter to raise money for child homelessness

How you can help raise money for child homelessness this Christmas

Ideal Home

13 ways to spread cheer and do good this Christmas – and 6 of them don't cost a penny

From volunteering your time to shopping with purpose, there are many ways to help others this year

Woman & Home

Shelter should follow Crisis and directly house homeless people

Letter: Jon Fitzmaurice says the charity’s considerable resources could be used to counteract the dearth of social housing

The Guardian - UK

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From plov to fine dining: Uzbekistan's push for global culinary recognition

At Gastro Forum 2025 in Tashkent, local and international chefs discussed service, training, and the digital tools shaping Central Asia’s growing restaurant industry.

Euronews

Strategy will ‘open doors’ to people struggling to access financial services

The Government’s Financial Inclusion Strategy aims to improve access to financial services for various groups.

The Independent UK

UK to launch pilot scheme that helps homeless people access banking

Five biggest banks take part in programme that will also help domestic abuse victims recover their credit score

The Guardian - UK

‘Out of reach’: stalled newbuilds leave Labour’s social housing targets in tatters

As some families face a 200-year wait for an affordable home, what exactly has gone wrong?

The Guardian - UK

Leading doctor and charity boss to join House of Lords cross benches

Professor Dame Clare Gerada and Polly Neate will sit as non-party-political members of the unelected second chamber.

Evening Standard

Build prefab homes to address harm to ‘generation of homeless children’, says Labour MP

Siobhain McDonagh urges parliament to pass renters’ rights bill to stem no-fault evictions in England

The Guardian - UK

Single mother shares ‘petrifying’ moment family is evicted as thousands face homelessness

One in 24 single-parent households are now at risk of homelessness

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Ministers urged to put brakes on offices in England being turned into homes

Housing providers and charities want development rights abolished amid concern over lack of affordable homes

The Independent UK

Rise in no-fault evictions despite Labour’s pledge to ban them

Labour said in its election manifesto it would abolish Section 21 eviction notices ‘immediately’ upon election - but the legislation is still progressing through parliament

The Guardian - UK

Black people in England four times as likely to face homelessness, study finds

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner to back plan to build 180,000 social homes in next decade

The figure would be six times the number of social homes built in the 10 years up to 2024

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The Guardian - UK

Nick Hedges obituary

Photographer who took harrowing images of the conditions in which poor British people lived in the 1960s and 70s

Evening Standard

Charities hail ‘biggest cash injection in affordable housing in half a century’

Housing charity Shelter has described the funding as ‘a watershed moment in tackling the housing emergency’.

Guitar World

“It took me a few years to figure out that if you’re going to play Fender guitars, you play with Fender amps”: Ryan Hedgecock stuck to his own creative path, even when Lone Justice were torn apart

The country crossover pioneer’s desire to explore the “indigenous sound of LA” has never left him – and it’s bringing about a full-circle moment as he reactivates Parlor James and plans a hardcore cowpunk solo record

The Guardian - UK

More than 200,000 children in short-term housing in England by 2029, analysis shows

Exclusive: Cost to taxpayer expected to jump to £3.9bn with number of children in temporary accommodation to rise 26%, says Shelter

The Guardian - UK

‘The room has started cracking’: concern at condition of stopgap housing in England

As providers make huge sums, there are questions over regulations and quality of shelter for vulnerable people

Evening Standard

Craig David returns to childhood council house in push for social housing

The singer visited the Holyrood Estate, near Southampton city centre, with his mother Tina.

Evening Standard

Waiting list for family-sized social homes would take century to clear in some London boroughs

Charities urge Chancellor to provide major investment for social housing in her upcoming spending review

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