Environment | The Guardian USMar 11
‘When I leave, part of me stays’: why Scarborough’s youth won’t turn their backs on the seaside town they love https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/11/against-the-tide-scarborough-eastfield-youth-town-love-opportunity-transport-seaside #Environment #YoungPeople #Society #Cities #SocialMobility #England #Scarborough #UkNews #SocialExclusion
‘When I leave, part of me stays’: why Scarborough’s youth won’t turn their backs on the seaside town they love

Hemmed in by the sea and poor transport links, many young people from the Yorkshire town feel trapped, but there is also a pride in the area

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World news | The GuardianMar 10
LA county reports first drop in deaths of unhoused people in a decade https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/10/la-county-homeless-deaths-report #LosAngeles #Homelessness #Housing #SocialExclusion #Poverty #UsNews #Society
LA county reports first drop in deaths of unhoused people in a decade

Most populous US county last year also noted fewer unhoused people in area facing affordable housing shortage

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World news | The GuardianMar 9
Labour to set up new extremism whistleblowing service for university staff https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/09/labour-to-set-up-new-extremism-whistleblowing-service-for-university-staff #Communities #UkNews #Universities #Charities #Society #SocialExclusion #Labour #SteveReed #FarRight #Politics
Labour to set up new extremism whistleblowing service for university staff

Minister announces action plan to boost social cohesion that will also give regulator powers to shut down charities

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World news | The GuardianMar 3
Councils’ temporary housing costs to more than double by 2029-30, says LGA https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/03/council-temporary-housing-costs-more-than-double-2029-30-lga #Homelessness #LocalGovernment #Housing #Politics #Society #Communities #PublicServicesPolicy #SocialExclusion #UkNews #England
Councils’ temporary housing costs to more than double by 2029-30, says LGA

Exclusive: Local Government Association says figure to house homeless people in England will reach almost £4bn

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World news | The GuardianFeb 10
Lower-income families face 137-year wait for living standards to double, says UK thinktank https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/10/lower-income-families-living-standards #UkNews #Business #Thinktanks #Money #Economics #ResolutionFoundation #Poverty #Inequality #Society #Politics #SocialExclusion #EconomicPolicy #WorkCareers
Lower-income families face 137-year wait for living standards to double, says UK thinktank

Two decades of weak pay growth have left poorer households stuck, Resolution Foundation says, fuelling political unease

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Environment | The Guardian USFeb 4
‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/04/essex-university-southend-campus-closure-seaside-deprivation #England #UkNews #Students #UniversityFunding #Education #HigherEducation #SocialExclusion #Society #YoungPeople #CommitmentToWideningParticipation #Cities #SocialMobility
‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?

When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degrees

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Opinion | The Guardian USJan 29
Labour’s new welfare changes are practical and compassionate – so why not loudly say so? | Polly Toynbee https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/29/labour-welfare-changes-politics-stephen-timms #Labour #Benefits #Poverty #YoungPeople #UniversalCredit #Children #SocialExclusion #Society #Politics #UkNews
Labour’s new welfare changes are practical and compassionate – so why not loudly say so?

Universal credit to rise faster than inflation, benefit hurdles eased, extra help for children and young people … I bet you had no idea, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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World news | The GuardianJan 28
England’s most deprived areas to get worse by next election, report for No 10 finds https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/28/englands-most-deprived-areas-to-get-worse-by-next-election-report-for-no-10-finds #England #UkNews #NorthOfEngland #Labour #Politics #Poverty #Society #SocialExclusion
England’s most deprived areas to get worse by next election, report for No 10 finds

Exclusive: the 613 most deprived areas will see higher crime rates and worse unemployment under current funding schemes, report says

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US news | The GuardianJan 23
She’s 14 and she’s moved 26 times. The US housing crisis has families like hers ‘running in place’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/23/housing-rent-families-children-atlanta #Housing #Poverty #Children #Atlanta #UsNews #Homelessness #SocialExclusion #Race #Communities #Society
She’s 14 and she’s moved 26 times. The US housing crisis has families like hers ‘running in place’

Outside Atlanta, the Godfreys are caught in a cycle of job loss and eviction. That stress has implications for the kids

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US news | The GuardianJan 19
‘Counterintuitive and dangerous’: advocates warn Trump administration policies will increase homelessness https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/19/homelessness-trump-policies-cuts #TrumpAdministration #Homelessness #Housing #Poverty #UsNews #UsPolitics #SocialExclusion #Communities #UsDomesticPolicy #LosAngeles #California #Society
‘Counterintuitive and dangerous’: advocates warn Trump administration policies will increase homelessness

Recent cuts to flagship federal program that funds housing and other services described as ‘chaotic and disruptive’

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