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Responses to: Steven MacKenzie's editorial on data centres We have got to fight these things with every ounce of strength we have! @ditchthedatacentre, Instagram Question: What are they actually for? The internet worked perfectly well before building all

Some experiences stay with you for life. When I was growing up, my mum, my sisters and I lived in temporary accommodation. I still remember the relief and joy of leaving behind damp B&Bs when we finally got a council home. It didn't solve all our problems

You'd think if you rented a home on an estate owned by none other than the royal family, you would at least be guaranteed a well insulated place to live that doesn't cost a fortune to heat each winter. But an investigation by The Guardian found more than

Early this year, the number of young people Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) tipped into seven figures. That's one million individuals aged 16-24 with their entire lives ahead of them coiled up like a spring, but with their foot off the acc

Florence Eshalomi has been confirmed as the government's new homelessness minister tasked with helping prime minister Andy Burnham deliver his promise to step up efforts to tackle rough sleeping. Over the weekend, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and

Credit cards are by far the most commonly used, traditional form of borrowing, particularly for our clients at StepChange - throughout our 32 years supporting people with debt problems, they have always been the most common debt type that we see. But just

My big issue is that young people deserve better. I know this because I have seen first-hand what amazing things can happen when a young person is given all the tools and support they need to succeed. Long before my series Chicken Shop Date was the global

The Conservatives have become the latest party to propose banning foreign nationals from social housing. The Tories promised to free up around 230,000 homes for "British families" by doing so - plans condemned by campaigners as "brutal" and "divisive," It

"How do you do it?" If you're anything like me, it'll be the question you get asked most often. And it's becoming harder to answer as I watch homelessness increase and funding shrink year on year. There are small breakthroughs though. Here are some of the

Tell us about your tour of Edinburgh. Gayle: My tour is 'Women of Edinburgh', which features amazing women who left their mark on the city and too often are not talked about! We have doctors, witches, wives and mothers. And I also talk about organisations