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Sir Alex Ferguson's dementia playlist: 'Music is one of the best things that can help'
Sir Alex Ferguson signs on for Playlist for Life
Dementia

Sir Alex Ferguson's dementia playlist: 'Music is one of the best things that can help'

Ending rough sleeping isn't just about money – it takes everyone pulling together
Andy Burnham, pictured in a media interview at No 10, has promised to end rough sleeping
Letters

Ending rough sleeping isn't just about money – it takes everyone pulling together

How the Big Grow is strengthening communities and building resilience through growing food
Tatiana Hardy tends her school garden as part of the Big Grow project
Food

How the Big Grow is strengthening communities and building resilience through growing food

The success of Andy Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge can’t be judged on Christmas Day. Here’s why
Prime minister Andy Burnham meets former rough sleepers at Independence Initiative alongside Lord John Bird, John Healey and Angela Rayner
Emma Haddad

The success of Andy Burnham’s rough sleeping pledge can’t be judged on Christmas Day. Here’s why

Baby banks are the hidden emergency service Labour cannot afford to ignore
mother and baby at a baby bank
Hannah Pentith

Baby banks are the hidden emergency service Labour cannot afford to ignore

'I don’t fit the stereotype of a homeless person. My story shows how it can happen to anyone'
Dr Karishmeh Felfeli-Crawford
Homelessness

'I don’t fit the stereotype of a homeless person. My story shows how it can happen to anyone'

If we are serious about ending rough sleeping, we must be honest about what needs to be done
From left to write: Big Issue founder Lord John Bird with Labour MP Paula Barker and Big Issue vendor Nathan Dale
Housing

If we are serious about ending rough sleeping, we must be honest about what needs to be done

'A child's life can be made easier by money arriving when it should'
a child at a food shop
Baroness Maeve Sherlock

'A child's life can be made easier by money arriving when it should'

The Apprentice's Tim Campbell: 'I'd make degrees free. We should treat education as infrastructure'
Tim Campbell
PM For The PM

The Apprentice's Tim Campbell: 'I'd make degrees free. We should treat education as infrastructure'

'I waited nine months for PIP decision. It was horrendous and my mental health suffered'
PIP claimant Jake
Gabrielle Pickard Whitehead

'I waited nine months for PIP decision. It was horrendous and my mental health suffered'

'Disabled pensioners are given less help just when we need it most'
Pensioners with one walking with a walking stick
Letters

'Disabled pensioners are given less help just when we need it most'

Mass dependence on emergency food parcels is a 'moral scar' on Britain. How do we end it?
Lisburn Foodbank in Northern Ireland. Image: Trussell/ Robert Stothard
Sabine Goodwin

Mass dependence on emergency food parcels is a 'moral scar' on Britain. How do we end it?