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Community leaders come together to prove city is a place of love, unity and welcomes asylum seekers
25 community leaders in Leicester came together as part of a Citizens UK initiative to show support and compassion for asylum seekers housed in local hotels.
Zain Hafeez

Community leaders come together to prove city is a place of love, unity and welcomes asylum seekers

Big Issue Changemaker, Zain Hafeez, writes about a recent week of action in Leicester in the aftermath of the summer riots.
To take on racism in the street, we first need to confront it in the state
Dan Davison and Sacha Marten

To take on racism in the street, we first need to confront it in the state

Letters: There's hope in the wonderful way people came together after the riots
Letters

Letters: There's hope in the wonderful way people came together after the riots

Riots are not inevitable – just ask the people of Manchester's Moss Side
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Riots are not inevitable – just ask the people of Manchester's Moss Side

The tinderbox of poverty continues to spark social unrest
John Bird

The tinderbox of poverty continues to spark social unrest

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UK can learn valuable lessons from how this Leeds suburb came together after riots
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UK can learn valuable lessons from how this Leeds suburb came together after riots

How a replica Chinese restaurant is changing the narrative on migration after UK riots
Tent installation showcasing stories, artwork and sounds from the former refugee camp in Calais, from the Migration Museum's All Our Stories exhibition
Migration

How a replica Chinese restaurant is changing the narrative on migration after UK riots

British children need a 'digital vaccination' to tackle tsunami of fake news and disinformation
A child looking at a laptop computer
Mark Mon Williams

British children need a 'digital vaccination' to tackle tsunami of fake news and disinformation

Use money from Brits' dormant bank accounts to rebuild riot-hit communities, government told
Placards held up at counter protests in London following UK riots
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Use money from Brits' dormant bank accounts to rebuild riot-hit communities, government told

Would banning the EDL actually work? Here's how to tackle the far-right ideology behind UK riots
UK riots

Would banning the EDL actually work? Here's how to tackle the far-right ideology behind UK riots

Why Labour is giving us the hostile environment – just with a human face
Dan Davison and Sacha Marten

Why Labour is giving us the hostile environment – just with a human face

Government must put things right and lift two-child benefit cap in Autumn Budget, says Labour MP
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Kim Johnson

Government must put things right and lift two-child benefit cap in Autumn Budget, says Labour MP

Letters: I'm not a Labour voter – but Keir Starmer is worse than I expected
Letters

Letters: I'm not a Labour voter – but Keir Starmer is worse than I expected

How big-hearted communities came together to clean-up after senseless UK riots
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How big-hearted communities came together to clean-up after senseless UK riots

Here's the truth about asylum seeker hotels – as rioters try to burn them down
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Here's the truth about asylum seeker hotels – as rioters try to burn them down

Big Issue vendors left feeling anxious, frightened and 'scared to go out' in wake of UK riots
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Big Issue vendors left feeling anxious, frightened and 'scared to go out' in wake of UK riots

Asylum system is completely broken, campaigners say, as number of refugees facing homelessness soars
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Homelessness

Asylum system is completely broken, campaigners say, as number of refugees facing homelessness soars

Prisons are full to bursting – and the UK riots have thrown their usefulness back in the spotlight
Demonstrators in Victoria square in Bolton
Ian Acheson

Prisons are full to bursting – and the UK riots have thrown their usefulness back in the spotlight

Enough with 'legitimate concerns'. There's a much better way to talk about immigration
Sunder Katwala

Enough with 'legitimate concerns'. There's a much better way to talk about immigration

We need immigrants in this country – that's a clear and simple fact
Paul McNamee

We need immigrants in this country – that's a clear and simple fact

We protect migrants and their rights – now we're being targeted by the far-right
Youngster throws missile at far-right riot In Rotherham
Ravishaan Rahel Muthiah

We protect migrants and their rights – now we're being targeted by the far-right

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Citizens Advice staff vow to keep helping people after office destroyed in far-right riots
Composite image shows the Sunderland branch of Citizens Advice with a broken window, while the exterior is burnt by a fire
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Citizens Advice staff vow to keep helping people after office destroyed in far-right riots

Social media helped the far-right mobilise quickly – but it can also bring the rest of us together
UK riots: A police riot van burns at a far-right riot in Southport
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Social media helped the far-right mobilise quickly – but it can also bring the rest of us together

Over 150 authors donate their books to Liverpool library burned during far-right riots
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Over 150 authors donate their books to Liverpool library burned during far-right riots

How to help asylum seekers and refugees after riots across UK
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Asylum seekers

How to help asylum seekers and refugees after riots across UK