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Dawn Foster

@dawnhfoster

Dawn Foster is a freelance journalist specialising in social affairs, politics, povery and inequality

A homeless man sleeps on the street after one of the coldest nights so far this winter on 13 December 2018
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If we stay in the EU, it is essential we overhaul the housing sector

There will be more sporadic acts of violence, and it will be the justice system’s business to punish those the police cannot prevent
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The abuse we got outside parliament was nothing to do with free speech

Sparked by a comment from Archbishop Justin Welby, a long-held debate about the gender of God has been reignited
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Of course God isn’t a man – ignore the CofE’s attempt to fill pews

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Double Take: How to solve the housing crisis

Theresa May unveiled the Conservative's manifesto
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Theresa May is more right wing than Cameron dared to be

Labour MPs have spoken in favour of stricter immigration rules
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Labour MPs are betraying everything that they stand for

Voting won't be cheap: passports cost £72.50 at the very least, while provisional driving licences cost £34
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Compulsory voter ID is another way to disenfranchise the poor

Research has found the Government's Help to Buy ISA will only support a 'lucky' few who qualify
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Why won't our Government admit we're in a housing crisis?

People can now tap on their phone, or press a button, and have the object of their annoyance hassled by police
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This is the app that allows us to destroy our sense of empathy

Cecil Rhodes
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Please don't call the protesters against Rhodes 'coddled students'

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I Love Dick is one of the most important books about being a woman

Bearing up: Sebastian Flyte with his teddy Aloysius in Brideshead Revisited
Comment

Porcine scandals apart, our leaders have their doubles in fiction

A sign above a public restroom
Comment

Spend a penny, spend a pound: public toilets must be free

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Spend a penny, spend a pound: public toilets must be free

A sign above a public restroom
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For men, it's always the right time to have kids in the eyes of

Comment

Narrowing our focus in education leads us down a blind alley

The new bookworms: sales of children's books are at an all-time high - £349m last year - and kid lit is keeping publishers afloat
Comment

Summer's here - so it's time to grab a Booker and start reading

Angela Merkel took a tough stance on Greece during lengthy overnight talks with Greek PM Alexis Tsipras
Comment

When did European politics lose its sense of empathy?

Angela Merkel took a tough stance on Greece during lengthy overnight talks with Greek PM Alexis Tsipras
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When did European politics lose its sense of empathy?

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