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Aniqah Choudhri is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in The Independent, Exeunt Magazine and gal-dem.
Recent weeks have seen increased coverage of the mental health fallout from Covid-19 – but even before the pandemic, Britain’s mental health services were underfunded, understaffed and at crisis point.
As the Covid-19 pandemic proved, the government could end homelessness if it wanted. This winter thousands of people will sleep rough in Britain – and that is by political choice.
Last week’s 24 hour drought in East London wasn’t an isolated incident – across England and Wales, water privatisation has led to insufficient maintenance, poor service and high bills. It’s time the take our water back from the profiteers.
Rishi Sunak’s latest plan to train the unemployed for jobs that don’t exist reveals the government’s new strategy: after blaming the public for the Covid crisis, they plan to blame us for the jobs crisis too.