Council gets hundreds of legal threats a month over homelessness

Inside the Glasgow charity providing vital services to young women impacted by sexual violence

Set up in 1991 in response to research that found 4 in 10 young women who were homeless had become so due to sexual abuse, the charity supported hundreds of women between the ages of 16 and 25.

Council gets hundreds of legal threats a month over homelessness

Every month, Glasgow City Council faces hundreds of threats of court action over homelessness.

Campaigners consider legal action against West London council on centre cuts

Campaigners seeking to overturn a West London council decision to close ten children’s centres in the borough say they are considering legal action. On Thursday night (July 3), the Overview and Scrutiny Committee at Ealing Council responded to an opposition call-in urging Cabinet to reconsider its decision, however this was not upheld and the Labour-majority committee agreed with Cabinet. Ealing Council announced the plan to close 13 children’s …