Joshua Alexander, a 17-year-old teenager, has been sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting Lianne Gordon, a mother of two, in the head as she tried to shield her children from a gang feud in Hackney. Gordon, who had just returned from a holiday in Jamaica, became an unintended victim of the ongoing violence between rival neighborhood gangs. Despite the killer wearing a balaclava, Gordon’s daughter was able to identify him as he shot her mother in their home, leading to Alexander’s conviction for the murder.
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Scrapping two-child benefit cap could lift 600,000 children out of poverty in five years, analysis finds
A recent analysis by Action for Children has revealed that scrapping the two-child benefit cap could lift 600,000 children out of poverty in the next five years, at a cost of £3.9bn per year. The charity argues that this move is the most cost-effective policy option to improve the lives of children, compared to other measures to increase parents' income. Labour is currently working on a child poverty strategy led by Liz Kendall and Bridget...
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