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Exclusive: those in poorest areas were seven times more likely to be fined, finds research into how police used emergency powersFines during the pandemic were three times more likely to be given to black people and seven times more likely to be issued …
TUC says its study suggests one in 10 women have employers who do not have to enter them into a pensionWomen are more than twice as likely as men to miss out on being automatically put into a workplace pension, according to a report.The Trades Union Co…
Top tea firms investigate as plantation workers say they have to pick 18kg a day but still skip meals and make their children workSome of the world’s leading tea manufacturers, including Tetley and Lipton, are examining working conditions on the planta…
Mission Australia report finds demand for its services has jumped as CEO says government needs far more than ‘Band-Aid crisis solutions’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFour in 10 people who sought help from a ma…
Commission says corporations and forestry companies competing for estates are driving up prices in already squeezed marketLand ownership in Scotland is at risk of becoming more elitist and unequal because wealthy corporations and forestry companies are…
Critics claim the bill could see government further expand income management policiesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastIndigenous organisations and welfare advocates have blasted a government bill they say cements…
Exclusive: Kensington and Chelsea, one of most unequal boroughs in UK, allocating social infrastructure funds in wards where homes go for millionsOne of Britain’s most unequal boroughs is spending hundreds of thousands of pounds in social infrastructur…
Homelessness Australia report shows that after paying rent young people have little money to cover food, transport and utilitiesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastStudents are being left with as little as $13 a day…
Committee says too many black women receive treatment that falls short of acceptable standardsMinisters have failed to tackle “appalling” and “glaring” racial disparities in maternal health despite repeated promises, MPs have said, as they called for n…
Analysis covering first quarter of last year raises questions over role of speculators in inflating food pricesRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesHedge funds have emerged as some of the biggest winners from the global food price spike that followe…