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David Aaronovitch

@DAaronovitch

Presenter of BBC Radio 4's Briefing Room, author of Voodoo Histories, now Substacking with Notes from the Underground at https://t.co/SLEshAT7y1

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BBC Current Affairs(@BBC_CurrAff) 's Twitter Profile Photo

On the David Aaronovitch looks at the rising numbers housed in temporary accommodation.

Matthew Wilkins, Head of VfM @homelessnessimpact:
ā€œI almost wish that we'd stop using the word temporaryā€

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David Aaronovitch(@DAaronovitch) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Nice popular sentiment but as far as I know the U.K. prime minister would have no such power. Should it be needed which for the moment it isnā€™t.

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Centre for Homelessness Impact(@homelessimpact) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hear our head of value for money Matthew Wilkins talk about trends driving record numbers of families into temporary accommodation on on BBC Radio 4 with David Aaronovitch, @bbcmbuchanan, Rachelle Earwaker Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Christine Whitehead LSE Department of Economics
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00ā€¦

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In England, 279,400 people are living in temporary accommodation - an increase of 14 per cent - most of whom are families.

David Aaronovitch asks what can be done to fix rising homelessness?

šŸŽ§ The Briefing Room on BBC Sounds.

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00ā€¦

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This is what happens when you discover that a policy you thought would affect one distant group of people turns out to also affect your friends and relatives

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Matt Dathan(@matt_dathan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: Big climb down just slipped out without any fanfare by the Home Office on its plans to reduce immigration

Minimum income threshold needed to bring foreign spouses to UK will only rise to Ā£29,000 initially. No timeline for it to be raised to Ā£38,700

gov.uk/government/pubā€¦

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šŸ”šŸ”Tune into the Briefing Room on Radio 4 at 8pm tonight to hear me, Christine Whitehead and Matthew Wilkins talking to David Aaronovitch about temporary accommodation, housing benefits and the private rented sector - all the issues and our recommendations on what can be done.

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James B(@piercepenniless) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Glad someone has finally written this, with appropriate seriousness and depth. It is really, really bad that the sole English copyright library easily accessible by the majority of people - i.e. without alumni access to the Bodleian etc - has been so damaged for so long.

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ITV News can reveal a $200,000 assassination plot to murder two news presentersĀ outside their London studio, commissioned by associates of the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.

ITV News Global Security Editor Rohit Kachroo reports

itv.com/news/2023-12-2ā€¦

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Shayan Sardarizadeh(@Shayan86) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This video claims to show Israeli soldiers take over an elderly Palestinian man's land and cut his olive tree.

It's a clip from a 2019 music video by the Lebanse band Mashrou' Leila, which depicts Palestinian children confront Israeli soldiers.

This video claims to show Israeli soldiers take over an elderly Palestinian man's land and cut his olive tree. It's a clip from a 2019 music video by the Lebanse band Mashrou' Leila, which depicts Palestinian children confront Israeli soldiers.
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Why has the governmentā€™s school guidance for gender-questioning children engendered such different reactions? A thread.

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šŸ§µMore than eight months ago, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia during a reporting trip.

He remains in a Moscow prison.

Weā€™re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. wsj.com/Evan

šŸ§µMore than eight months ago, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia during a reporting trip. He remains in a Moscow prison. Weā€™re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan wsj.com/Evan
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