The furore over the Conservative Party voting against school meals for children last October raised a very pertinent question: Why did MPs vote against the motion? What earthly reason could they use to justify allowing children to go hungry? Some…
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Disseminating information to the public This short paper proposes a type of “citizens’ information portal” to disseminate knowledge and provide an authoritative source or knowledge base on a range of lifestyle matters. The benefits of a focussed information source Curating…
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“Every homeless person I met listed one thing as the absolute worst thing about being homeless: being ignored. There is something utterly dehumanizing about everyone walking past you, making a concerted effort not to even look at you. No one…
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Yesterday we covered the NHS Volunteering Scheme, which has received a marvellous response. We know there are individuals and groups up and down the country who are going out of their way to make life easier for vulnerable people. Small…
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Local authorities depend on several streams of income for funding, such as council tax and parking fines, apart from central government assistance. Cutbacks caused by austerity policies restrict budgets for front line services and make these alternative revenue sources even…
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Did you know that just one image of your face captured by CCTV on the street without your knowledge can be used to match your name and details on Facebook or a dating site? Or perhaps to assess the probability…
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Money mules are ordinary people, often teenagers and hard-up students, who are used by criminals for money laundering. The money mules transfer funds paid into their bank account to another account in exchange for a cut of the money. If…
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predator prĕd′ə-tər, -tôr An organism that lives by preying on other organisms. any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other organisms (their prey), primarily for food A person or group that robs, victimizes, or exploits others for gain.…
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More than 14 million people in the UK live below the poverty line. “What we are seeing year-upon-year is more and more people struggling to eat because they simply cannot afford food. This is not right.” – Emma Revie, Chief…
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