Karin Goodwin

Society

Illegal injection van ‘will prevent hundreds of drug deaths’

Karin Goodwin on March 3, 2020March 4, 2020

Canadian campaigner Garth Mullins has backed a Glasgow activist's plan to launch an injection centre in the city.

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Housing and homelessness, Health

Scotland has highest rate of homeless deaths in the UK, new figures reveal

Karin Goodwin on February 5, 2020February 24, 2020

Scotland has a higher rate of homeless deaths than other UK countries, according to official statistics showing that 359 people died over a two-year period.

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Housing and homelessness, Society

Scottish homeless deaths to be officially published from next month

Karin Goodwin on January 27, 2020January 31, 2020

Scotland's national records will begin publishing specific statistics on homeless deaths for the first time next month.

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Politics, Human rights, Society

Call for UK government to “right the wrongs” of a decade of austerity

Karin Goodwin on December 11, 2019December 12, 2019

Leading Scottish campaigners and church leaders have called on politicians to commit to “righting the wrongs” caused by a decade of austerity.

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Education, Employment, Society

‘Tired of just surviving’: how care leavers are fighting back against austerity

Karin Goodwin on November 28, 2019November 29, 2019

The Ferret and HuffPost UK look at how care leavers in Scotland are fighting back against the impact of government austerity policy.

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Human rights, Society

‘An attack on human rights’: how austerity is eroding the lives of disabled people

Karin Goodwin on November 27, 2019November 28, 2019

The Ferret and HuffPost investigate the impact of government austerity policy on the lives of disabled people in Scotland.

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Asylum, Housing and homelessness, Human rights

Ruling allowing Serco to evict asylum seekers sets ‘dangerous precedent’

Karin Goodwin on November 13, 2019January 22, 2020

Campaigners are warning that a "dangerous precedent" has been set by a "brutal" ruling from Scotland’s highest court that evicting asylum seekers by changing their locks is lawful.

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