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Streets Kitchen @streetskitchen.bsky.social · Jul 11

Black people in England are almost four times as likely to face #homelessness as white people and substantially less likely to get social housing, according to the first major study into homelessness and racism in more than two decades.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Black people in England four times as likely to face homelessness, study finds

www.theguardian.com

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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · Jul 9

🚨 Police in Bedfordshire are working with tech giant Palantir to develop a surveillance network that will incorporate people's personal information...

...including health records, sex lives, and political opinions

Read the full story libertyinvestigates.org.uk/articles/uk-...

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Streets Kitchen @streetskitchen.bsky.social · Jul 5

🚨We will be attending with many others in solidarity today in Starmer's parish if anyone would like to join us...

This is important!

#WelfareNotWarfare

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Netpol @netpol.org · Jul 2

Only 26 MPs voted against the draft order to amend the Terrorism Act 2000 and proscribe Palestine Action. Westminster exists in a bubble, ignoring the anger and frustration around the country about Britain arming Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Streets Kitchen @streetskitchen.bsky.social · Jul 2

Oh ffs 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

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Streets Kitchen @streetskitchen.bsky.social · Jul 1

🚨More than 13,000 people were counted as sleeping rough in London over the last year...

That figure represents a rise of 10% on the number of people counted in the previous year when numbers surged by 19% in a year alone.

www.bigissue.com/news/housing...

Rough sleeping in London soars to new record high

More than 13,000 people were counted as rough sleeping in London in 2024-25 as mayor Sadiq Khan rebels against disability benefits cuts.

www.bigissue.com

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Streets Kitchen @streetskitchen.bsky.social · Jun 30

Good to see so many gathering in solidarity now with @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social at Parliament Square.

#WelfareNotWarfare

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Streets Kitchen @streetskitchen.bsky.social · Jun 30

You keep telling us there are no simple solutions... ❌️

We beg to differ.

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Streets Kitchen @streetskitchen.bsky.social · Jun 30

We've been out this morning sharing water where we can...

Do try and carry an extra few bottles to share if you can🙏

💡if you're stuck in an office maybe suggest a wee kitty to buy some to hand out at lunchtime or way home.

Simple acts save lives...

#SolidarityNotCharity

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Paul Renny @redrenn.bsky.social · Jun 28

Great vibes, with our guests, a joyous shift with Friday @streetskitchen.bsky.social : Camden crew delivering Hot food, savories, sweet treats and iced drinks (Phils spirit was with us)
Conversation , banter and #SolidarityNotCharity
#youonlygetwhatyougive

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Museum of Homelessness @ourmoh.bsky.social · Jun 26

Today! It's the London Harm Reduction collective overdose prevention pop up! Let's show up London for harm reduction ❤️

A graphic for the overdose prevention pop up

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Garden Court Chambers @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social · Jun 26

🚀 LAUNCHING TONIGHT: Research by @we-are-appeal.bsky.social - 'Joint Enterprise on Trial' with foreword by Keir Monteith KC @keirmonteith.bsky.social

Disproportionately, young black males are charged with murder, despite only tenuous connections with the crime.

🔽 Read on here:
tinyurl.com/z8ywyz3t

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Netpol @netpol.org · Jun 26

Palestine Action ban: what will it mean in practice?

Our guide covers what won't be allowed after the ban comes into force. Counter-terror powers are used in an overtly racist & Islamophobic way- the policing situation is likely to be unstable once it's in force.

netpol.org/2025/06/26/p...

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Streets Kitchen @streetskitchen.bsky.social · Jun 23

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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · Jun 24

🚨 The government is trying to ban Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws.

This is yet ANOTHER way successive government's have been clamping down on our fundamental right to protest

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Netpol @netpol.org · Jun 24

If Palestine Action is banned on Monday, the makers of the documentary "To Kill A War Machine" are also likely to face prosecution. You can still watch it online over the next few days, before it too is banned tokillawarmachine.com

To Kill a War Machine

tokillawarmachine.com

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Garden Court Chambers @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social · Jun 23

📣 Last week, Nick Bano spoke at Birkbeck, University of London's 'Law on Trial 2025: The Renters' Rights Bill and Beyond- The Future of Housing Justice'

Nick and other speakers explored the practical outcomes of the bill, if passed, and the impact it will have on landlords and tenants.

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Streets Kitchen @streetskitchen.bsky.social · Jun 23

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Streets Kitchen @streetskitchen.bsky.social · Jun 22

"They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor..."
— Tupac Shakur

#GiveAshift #SolidarityNotCharity

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Netpol @netpol.org · Jun 22

PM: Kneecap playing at Glastonbury is not appropriate.

BBC: Showing a documentary about medics in Gaza is not appropriate.

PUBLIC: arming a genocide is a thousand times worse than "not appropriate"

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Streets Kitchen @streetskitchen.bsky.social · Jun 22

"They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor..."
— Tupac Shakur

#GiveAshift #SolidarityNotCharity

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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · Jun 21

Targeting a protest group with terrorism powers in this way is a shocking escalation of the Government’s crackdown on protest and we urge the Home Secretary to rethink

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Palestine Action to be banned after RAF base break in

The home secretary will move to proscribe the Palestine Action group in the coming weeks, the BBC understands.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Streets Kitchen @streetskitchen.bsky.social · Jun 21

600 preventable deaths if the government react correctly.

The fact that it's poor people does appear to make it much more acceptable...

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Current heatwave ‘likely to kill almost 600 people in England and Wales’

Surge in deaths would not be occurring without human-caused global heating, scientists say as analysis published

www.theguardian.com

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Streets Kitchen @streetskitchen.bsky.social · Jun 21

We're now out & about in #Camden from 630a.m on what should be the hottest day

Thanks to your support we have LOTS of icey cold water, hot drinks and breakfasts to share.

NO-ONE should have to be on the streets in this weather

#GiveAshift

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Streets Kitchen @streetskitchen.bsky.social · Jun 19

We can but hope adequate provisions will be put in place for those experiencing homelessness..

As yet we're not seeing much.

This weather is life threatening

#NoMoreDeathsOnOurStreets

www.independent.co.uk/weather/ambe...

Amber heat health alert issued for England with ‘rise in deaths likely’

UKHSA has issued the amber heat-health alert for the entire country from 12pm Thursday to 9am Monday

www.independent.co.uk

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