'They need to decide which side they're on': Labour's manifesto pledges on immigration, explained
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'They need to decide which side they're on': Labour's manifesto pledges on immigration, explained
We'd need to build 36 Milton Keyneses to solve UK housing crisis. Are new towns really the answer?
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We'd need to build 36 Milton Keyneses to solve UK housing crisis. Are new towns really the answer?
Tory manifesto: Rishi Sunak slammed for 'arbitrary, untenable and cruel' immigration pledges
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Tory manifesto: Rishi Sunak slammed for 'arbitrary, untenable and cruel' immigration pledges
Everything you need to know about Tories' watered-down leasehold reforms
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Everything you need to know about Tories' watered-down leasehold reforms
Council's £200,000 plan to block off arches used by rough sleepers slammed as 'tarting up' city
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Council's £200,000 plan to block off arches used by rough sleepers slammed as 'tarting up' city
Leaseholder rights: How to fight against rip-off service charges – a step-by-step guide
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Leaseholder rights: How to fight against rip-off service charges – a step-by-step guide
'You live in fear': Leasehold homeowners share horror stories of nasty hidden fees and service charges
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'You live in fear': Leasehold homeowners share horror stories of nasty hidden fees and service charges
Why the general election could and should be fought on the frontier of poverty
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Why the general election could and should be fought on the frontier of poverty
No Rwanda flights before election, Sunak admits – as calls for urgent asylum reform grow louder
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No Rwanda flights before election, Sunak admits – as calls for urgent asylum reform grow louder
From poverty and housing to migrant and LGBTQ+ rights – why 2024 general election has such high stakes
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From poverty and housing to migrant and LGBTQ+ rights – why 2024 general election has such high stakes
Post-Brexit border checks to cost £4.7bn. Here's how that money could be better spent
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Post-Brexit border checks to cost £4.7bn. Here's how that money could be better spent
Rewilding is bringing creatures great and small back to UK – but a lack of funds is holding it back
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