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• Bank of Mum and Dad fund 25% of Mortgages

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/06/bank-of-mum-and-dad-fund-25-of-mortgages/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2016 According to the latest research report from Legal and General and Centre for Economics and Business research (CEBR) in 2016 the high cost of housing means that 25% of all mortgage...

• UN envoy says austerity has inflicted misery on UK citizens 

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/30/un-envoy-says-austerity-has-inflicted-misery-on-uk-citizens/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2018 Last week comments from  Sir Philip Alston UN Envoy on Poverty  about inequality in the UK were widely reported.

• Women in the 2019 Indian elections – are they the silent majority?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/17/women-in-the-2019-indian-elections-are-they-the-silent-majority/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 17, 2019 According to the  Times of India  women are likely to be the silent ‘majority’ as female turnout is predicted to be higher than men’s.

• Occupy Wall Street protest site

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/10/17/occupy-wall-street-protest-site/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2011 http://occupywallst.org/ This website is a good example of the Internet being used to organise protests. The website includes user generated maps, video streams and organisers materials.

• Occupy Archive

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/11/11/occupy-archive/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2011 Another site archiving protest materials.  This one http://occupyarchive.

• Andrew Dunn: Page 220

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/220/

  Academic Librarian.

• UN and other peacekeeping sites

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/31/un-and-other-peacekeeping-sites/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 31, 2013 Useful UN materials include Official twitter account for the latest news. Past missions with a  timeline of past missions.

• SIPRI

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/21/sipri/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2013 SIPRI Yearbook 2013  –  f rom the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

• UK Postal Service

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/15/uk-postal-service/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 15, 2013 This week UK government confirmed that Royal Mail will be floated on the Stock Exchange  Royal Mail: myth-busters – Answers common misconceptions about the government’s...

• Women in the workplace

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/21/women-in-the-workplace/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2013 A few key reports covering the UK have been published this week. The Business, Innovations and Skills Committee has published a 3 volume report on women in the workplace: HC 342.