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Top 5 queer love stories, chosen by poet, playwright and novelist Kiran Millwood Hargrave
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Top 5 queer love stories, chosen by poet, playwright and novelist Kiran Millwood Hargrave

What we have learned after 15 years of universal credit – and what must change
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Lucy Bannister

What we have learned after 15 years of universal credit – and what must change

There's much we can learn from Ukraine in the fight against homelessness
Apartment building with bomb blast damage
Nick Hardwick

There's much we can learn from Ukraine in the fight against homelessness

Millions of Brits can't afford to buy enough food. How do we feed a hungry nation?
Food

Millions of Brits can't afford to buy enough food. How do we feed a hungry nation?

Universal credit flaws are driving people to food banks. It's time it covered the essentials
A Trussell food bank worker sorting food parcels
Ayaz Manji

Universal credit flaws are driving people to food banks. It's time it covered the essentials

Sowing seeds of change: How Big Issue's Big Grow is cultivating community and resilience 
Food

Sowing seeds of change: How Big Issue's Big Grow is cultivating community and resilience 

15 years on, it's time we made universal credit the game changer it can be 
Then prime minister David Cameron and his chancellor George Osborne.
Iain Porter

15 years on, it's time we made universal credit the game changer it can be 

Benefit cap puts single mothers like me at risk of homelessness and destitution
clare bowen
Clare Bowen

Benefit cap puts single mothers like me at risk of homelessness and destitution

Morning walks and hearty stews: Could living like a medieval peasant be the key to surviving winter?
Winter

Morning walks and hearty stews: Could living like a medieval peasant be the key to surviving winter?

Disabled people have to be at the table with the government to 'keep Britain working'
Prime minister Keir Starmer and chancellor Rachel Reeves.
Claire Fisher

Disabled people have to be at the table with the government to 'keep Britain working'

Sudan war exposes hypocrisy of UK government's treatment of asylum seekers
Boy on a cattle farm in south Sudan in 2024.
Ben Whitham

Sudan war exposes hypocrisy of UK government's treatment of asylum seekers

The Expansion Project by Ben Pester review – a surreal dismantling of corporate culture
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The Expansion Project by Ben Pester review – a surreal dismantling of corporate culture