Alison Whyte is a freelance journalist. She tweets @AlisonmWhyte
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Published in: Shine A LightChildren in peril in London
Local authorities are placing children in damp, rodent-infested, dangerous accommodation.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDemocracy SOS - stop the electoral register cull
Hastily imposed changes to the electoral registration system means millions of people face being removed from the...
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Published in: Shine A Light#DontLetThemDrown (It’s all right for some, at sea)
The UK government reckons that letting people drown will prevent unnecessary deaths.
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Published in: Shine A LightThis is Britain: TV celebrities meet people who can't afford to eat
As banks, energy companies and loan sharks feed off the poor, TV celebrities try to find out what poverty means in a...
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Published in: Shine A LightMore than 150 medics urge Obama to let them treat Guantánamo hunger-strikers
Detainees on hunger-strike at Guantánamo Bay say they don't trust their military doctors. 153 doctors from ten...
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Published in: Shine A LightThe delusional thinking behind ‘nuclear deterrence’
A new report from the health professionals’ campaign group Medact interrogates the notion that 'nuclear deterrence'...