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Brighton and Hove City Council has declared fighting fuel poverty a local priority.
Working with the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, the councillors developed a motion to examine the ways the local authority can tackle the problem.
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The global focus on ending AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria by 2030 has proven tremendously effective in rapidly scaling up access to treatment in developing countries. But if the world is to meet these ambitious goals, national governments and international development institutions must work together to build stronger health systems.
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In the fall out from the tumultuous UK general election, an organisation has launched a £100,000 fund to support new forms of everyday democracy.
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The most read positive news stories of 2019 revealed.
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LGiU Scotland have recognised the councillors who make the biggest difference to their local areas in the 2019 Councillor Awards.
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A leading trade union has called for London local authorities to be given powers to use vacant dwellings left empty for prolonged periods to house people on their housing waiting list.
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Sarah Colombini
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A new interactive floor system which helps children with autism develop communication skills has been unveiled at Springhallow School in Ealing.
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Hundreds of outsourced UCL staff are celebrating after UNISON secured the same pay, pension and annual leave rights as directly employed workers doing the same jobs.
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New exhibition, Lives Remembered, now open telling intriguing stories about many residents who are laid to rest at Romford Cemetery.
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The End Fuel Poverty Coalition has called on all political parties to adopt four pledges to end the scourge of fuel poverty in England. Fuel poverty means that a household is forced below the poverty line as a result of the cost of using energy in their home.
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