Ruby Lott-Lavigna is the news and politics reporter for openDemocracy specialising in housing and inequalities.
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Published in: Home: NewsRishi Sunak supports expanding police powers despite damning Casey ReportThe government is ‘confident’ in its decision to hand police new powers – despite scathing review of the Met Police
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Published in: Home: NewsVulnerable renters ‘hounded’ by utility companies to pay off landlord debtsThames Water has apologised for chasing a tenant who was recently homeless for his landlord’s bills
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Published in: Home: NewsUK human rights being ‘eroded’, warn dozens of groups in landmark letterExclusive: Liberty, Unison and Mermaids among groups sending ‘distress signal’ as UN begins living standards probe
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Published in: Home: NewsRent decision by Supreme Court will ‘allow criminal landlords to exploit tenants’Britain’s highest court has maintained that certain landlords don't have to pay back rent if tenancy rules are broken
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Published in: Home: News‘What’s the point?’ Covid inquiry slammed for ignoring structural racismLawyer for bereaved families says it is ‘shocking’ that inquiry won’t examine impact of racism on mortality rates
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Published in: Home: NewsCovid inquiry hires Tory-linked PR firms to manage bereaved familiesExclusive: 23Red and M&C Saatchi did government PR during the pandemic. Families say ‘conflict of interest is obvious’