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What can the field of social policy learn from the Grenfell Fire tragedy? Ruth Lister reflects in her presidential address to the Social Policy Association in July 2017.

No 1: The power of hope in the face of injustice: reflections on Grenfell

October 16, 2017 S-P-A-Administrator 2

Address of Baroness Ruth Lister, Chair of the SPA, to our annual conference held at The University of Durham, July 2017. Four weeks prior to […]

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