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Britain's poorest people pay more of their income in tax than the very richest  -  Britain's poorest people pay more of their income in tax than the very richest, official figures reveal. The worst-off tenth of households handed 47% of ...

How should brands react to the poverty of attention?  - What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.

Africa sees reasons for UK to ditch the European Union  - Sam Akaki, the Uganda-born director of the Democratic Institutions for Poverty Reduction in Africa, a UK -based development organisation, wrote in a ...

Bridging the resilience gap for children in disasters  - Children, families and communities already disadvantaged by poverty face the most immediate dangers. They're particularly vulnerable in disasters as ...

1.2 million unpaid carers living in poverty , says report  - Across the UK , 1.2 million people who provide unpaid care are poverty -stricken, according to the report from the New Policy Institute (NPI). There are ...

The invisible victims of economic violence ought to shame the media  - This invisibility was matched in the printed word where again in only 13% of reports on UK poverty , those actually experiencing it were included as ...

Students divided over LGBT -only accommodation at universities  - Some LGBT students in the UK are calling for specialty accommodation ... As UK universities begin to introduce gender-neutral toilets in academic ...

ECADE calls political parties to state position on LGBT discrimination  - We note that there are many positives on which the government of Saint Lucia can be commended, including collaborating on multiple LGBTI police ...

Outcry over ban of LGBT groups from global AIDS conference  - The NGOs that have been singled out for exclusion appear to have been chosen for their involvement in LGBTI , transgender or youth advocacy,” U.S. ...

Protesters disrupt Moldova Pride march  - We are disappointed by reports of a counter demonstration against an LGBTI march in Moldova in which counter-demonstrators threw eggs at, and ...

Gay radio out of the closet -  The station's 24-hour content focuses on the LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex) community, and aims to be a touchstone for all the ...

People in Australia were once convicted for being gay. Finally, they have received an apology.  - "f you are a member of the LGBTI community, and there's someone in your life that you love -– a partner or a friend – then do me a favour: Next time ...

Plan for gay hate crimememorial in Bondi  - Following sustained pressure from independent investigators, victims' families, and the LGBTI community, the NSW Police Force are currently ...

Waverley Council to build memorial for victims of gay hate crimes  - The move has been welcomed by LGBTI advocates who have been campaigning for a memorial for the victims for the past two years. Hunter Park is ...

Nyle DiMarco makes history as Dancing With The Stars' first LGBTI winner  - While DiMarco is the first LGBTI winner of Dancing With The Stars, he is not the first worldwide. Anton Hysén, the openly gay Swedish footballer, won ...

Social Media Is Calling To Give Captain America A Boyfriend  - Earlier this month Disney were called upon to give Elsa a girlfriend after many LGBTI activists said that there were not enough openly gay or lesbian ...

Revealing He Was Gay Wasn't Difficult. Here's Why  - Award-winning British actor Ian McKellen, who is famously known for playing Gandalf in the Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit film series, said that he ...

The new segregation on campus  - In the UK , the gay -rights group Stonewall has said it would prefer to see 'a culture that is inclusive and accepting' rather than separate LGBT campus ...

Northern Ireland must “reflect will of people” and legalise same-sex marriage  - This is despite a recent announcement from Amnesty that 68% of Northern Ireland's population are in favour of marriage equality, a higher figure than ...

Gay Syrian couple share heartbreak over being resettled in separate countries  - A gay refugee couple from Syria have shared their struggle with BBC News after being resettled in two different countries after escaping their war-torn ...

Gay people plan to protest at Pride in London over it becoming 'militarized'  - Dan Glass, a LGBTI rights activist with Act UP, will help to host the event. 'We represent a cross-section of people from the LGBTQ community and ...

Lesbian and bisexual woman asked to share their workplace experiences  - Although half the awards cover celebrity and entertainment categories, the rest were corporate and workplace categories – recognizing LGBTI and ...

Australian Federal Election Heats Up With LGBTI Topics - With the election fast approaching, the opposition Labor Party has announced it will appoint an LGBTI commissioner to the Australian Human Rights ...