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Diane Abbott on making history as a black woman, balancing work and family, and why she loved the Olympics
How one co-operative is lending to support fair trade farmers
Shared Interest is defying conventional lending prudence in order to provide fair trade farmers’ and producers’ groups
Number of older people living with cancer ‘to treble’ by 2040
Head of Macmillan Cancer Support warns of a ‘ticking timebomb’ for society if NHS and social-care systems are unprepared
Most children in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya fail literacy and numeracy tests
Report by east African group Uwezo finds that although access to education has expanded, the quality of learning has stagnated