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Get the data: The high cost lending companies
June 13, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Dataset: The financial details of the companies analysed.

The money pouring into a boom for consumer loans
June 13, 2013 | by | 3 Comments
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High street banks and US companies have financed payday loans.

Revealed: The £1 billion high cost lending industry
June 13, 2013 | by | No Comments
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A Bureau investigation reveals a hugely profitable and rapidly growing sector.

Making money: Profiting from high-interest loans
June 13, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Profiles of some of the leading high cost lending companies.

Westminster hit by soaring costs as it struggles with homeless crisis
June 8, 2013 | by | Comments Off
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Council spends more on homelessness than it saves on welfare clampdown.

White House briefings lay out new drone rulebook – but questions remain
May 24, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Signature strikes and CIA control of Pakistan drones likely until 2014, documents suggest

Home Secretary wins latest round of citizenship-stripping case
May 24, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Vietnamese-born man accused of militant training loses Court of Appeal case.

Obama frames covert drone war as necessary evil
May 23, 2013 | by | 2 Comments
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Obama admits civilians have been killed in drone strikes.

Case study: Beleaguered in Brent
May 23, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Hanane Toumi and her family work and study in Westminster but now commute from Brent.

Sharp rise in B&B spending as homelessness crisis intensifies
May 21, 2013 | by | No Comments
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A £90m bed and breakfast bill for UK’s 12 largest cities.

Voices from the frontline of the housing crisis
May 20, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Those who experience the housing maelstrom first-hand speak out.

Case study: Stranded in Southwark
May 20, 2013 | by | No Comments
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With three children and a baby on the way Zara Mahamat just wants a stable home.

The Bureau’s drone project nominated for prestigious Martha Gellhorn Prize
May 20, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Journalism award recognises reporting that exposes ‘official drivel’.

Get the data: Britain’s housing turmoil in numbers
May 19, 2013 | by | 1 Comment
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Dataset: The Bureau’s research into the extent and cost of housing upheaval.

How we did it: Tracking the housing crisis
May 19, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Methodology: How the Bureau compiled its data on homelessness.

Britain’s housing crisis: The impact on children
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A-star students fail to make the grade when they are moved away, say teachers.

Forced exodus: London’s homeless pushed to suburbs
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Benefit claimants should not be able to live in areas others can’t afford, says housing minister.

Scale of UK housing crisis revealed
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Uprooted and vulnerable: The true cost of homelessness in Britain.

Home Secretary strips two more people of British citizenship
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Theresa May continues to use powers of exile as total citizenship-stripping orders hits 23.

Pakistani court rules CIA drone strikes are illegal
May 9, 2013 | by | No Comments
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‘Landmark’ judgment calls for Pakistani government to act against US drone strikes.

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Westminster hit by soaring costs as it struggles with homeless crisis
June 8, 2013 | by | Comments Off
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Council spends more on homelessness than it saves on welfare clampdown.

White House briefings lay out new drone rulebook – but questions remain
May 24, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Signature strikes and CIA control of Pakistan drones likely until 2014, documents suggest

Home Secretary wins latest round of citizenship-stripping case
May 24, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Vietnamese-born man accused of militant training loses Court of Appeal case.

Case study: Beleaguered in Brent
May 23, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Hanane Toumi and her family work and study in Westminster but now commute from Brent.

Sharp rise in B&B spending as homelessness crisis intensifies
May 21, 2013 | by | No Comments
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A £90m bed and breakfast bill for UK's 12 largest cities.

Voices from the frontline of the housing crisis
May 20, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Those who experience the housing maelstrom first-hand speak out.

Case study: Stranded in Southwark
May 20, 2013 | by | No Comments
Zara

With three children and a baby on the way Zara Mahamat just wants a stable home.

Infographic: Price of UK’s escalating housing crisis
May 20, 2013 | by | 1 Comment
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The scale of Britain's housing crisis visualised.

Get the data: Britain’s housing turmoil in numbers
May 19, 2013 | by | 1 Comment
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Dataset: The Bureau's research into the extent and cost of housing upheaval.

How we did it: Tracking the housing crisis
May 19, 2013 | by | No Comments
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Methodology: How the Bureau compiled its data on homelessness.