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3rd July 2024
2000 Citizens UK leaders meet with political candidates at a national assembly ahead of the General ElectionThree days before the General Election, 2000 Citizens UK leaders shared solutions on 1st July with Angela Rayner (Lab), Richard Newby (Lib Dems), and Sara Gezdari (Cons) on issues that matter to communities.
![Community leaders gathered outside City Hall, holding up signs in the shape of buses, asking for free bus travel for asylum seekers](https://citizensuk.contentfiles.net/media/images/Valentines_day_action.2e16d0ba.fill-600x400-c100.jpg)
9th February 2024
News: Campaigners win ‘Valentine’s date’ with Transport Deputy Mayor on free bus travel for asylum seekers
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9th February 2024
News: Joint call for statutory School-Based Counselling launches during Children's Mental Health Week
![A group of pupils and community leaders celebrate the success of their climate action.](https://citizensuk.contentfiles.net/media/images/Old_Oak_Climate_Commitments.fc7ce48d.fill-600x400-c100.jpg)
14th November 2023
News: Empowering Change: Old Oak Primary School Triumphs Again in Fostering Local Climate Commitments
![Citizens UK student leaders, St Antony's Choir, Newham Citizens members, wearing Living Wage Foundation shirts, performing at London Living Wage Week 2021](https://citizensuk.contentfiles.net/media/images/St_Ants_Choir_LWW_2021_2.2e16d0ba.fill-600x400-c100.jpg)
24th October 2023
News: Real Living Wage increases by 10% to keep up with cost of living
![Campaigners stand outside Premier Inn with a large banner saying 'Hospitality workers for the real Living Wage' and 'Why not us'?](https://citizensuk.contentfiles.net/media/images/IMG_2384.2e16d0ba.fill-600x400-c100.jpg)
29th September 2023
News: Customers want hospitality venues to pay workers a real Living Wage, new data reveals
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21st July 2023
News: ‘Sunborn London’ becomes the 75th Living Wage Employer in Newham
![Children and community leaders from Citizens UK stand during a protest outside Parliament, holding colourful banners that say 'Every child should benefit'](https://citizensuk.contentfiles.net/media/images/ECSB_1.2e16d0ba.fill-600x400-c100.jpg)
5th July 2023
News: Launching the Every Child Should Benefit Campaign outside Parliament
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27th June 2023
News: Citizens UK and Together with Refugees demonstrate against refugee child detention in Parliament Square
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22nd June 2023
News: Citizens UK, Unite and ShareAction join forces to ask Whitbread to pay workers a real Living Wage
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17th June 2023
News: Citizens UK Deputy Director Jonathan Cox honoured for services to community organising and refugee resettlement
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14th June 2023
News: Child detention proposals debated in House of Lords could see over 8000 children detained per year
![Community leader clapping and smiling at a South London Listens assembly](https://citizensuk.contentfiles.net/media/images/IMG_6601_m0NrZwk.2e16d0ba.fill-600x400-c100.jpg)
25th May 2023