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The Bear's Will Poulter and TV chef Big Zuu host BBQ for homeless young people: 'Food is everything'
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Food

The Bear's Will Poulter and TV chef Big Zuu host BBQ for homeless young people: 'Food is everything'

Olympics star Steve Cram: 'TV's thrilling but nothing else feels like winning a race'
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Letter To My Younger Self

Olympics star Steve Cram: 'TV's thrilling but nothing else feels like winning a race'

How to save money on childcare over the summer holidays
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Childcare

How to save money on childcare over the summer holidays

NHS spending on private mental health beds soars to £1.4bn in five years: 'Terrible things are happening'
Mental health

NHS spending on private mental health beds soars to £1.4bn in five years: 'Terrible things are happening'

Letters: A lot of pensioners need the winter fuel payment – but they're missing out
Letters

Letters: A lot of pensioners need the winter fuel payment – but they're missing out

Remembering when motorway service stations were a destination in themselves
Transport

Remembering when motorway service stations were a destination in themselves

23 discounted days out for families on universal credit and other benefits this summer holiday
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Summer survival guide

23 discounted days out for families on universal credit and other benefits this summer holiday

Letters: How can we have a four-day week when some of us are working seven?
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Letters

Letters: How can we have a four-day week when some of us are working seven?

Olympic champion Laura Kenny: 'I was told cycling wasn't a proper job'
Laura Kenny at the 2020 Olympics
Letter To My Younger Self

Olympic champion Laura Kenny: 'I was told cycling wasn't a proper job'

Cost of living crisis is causing adoption rates to decline – but every child deserves a loving home
Adoption

Cost of living crisis is causing adoption rates to decline – but every child deserves a loving home

DWP benefit and pension payment dates for August 2024 – plus universal credit and PIP changes
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Department for Work and Pensions

DWP benefit and pension payment dates for August 2024 – plus universal credit and PIP changes

Letters: I'm an anti-capitalist, non-binary vegan. Here's what private school taught me
Letters

Letters: I'm an anti-capitalist, non-binary vegan. Here's what private school taught me

Free and cheap things to do with the kids over the 2024 summer holidays
Cost of living

Free and cheap things to do with the kids over the 2024 summer holidays

How Specsavers are helping vendors see and be seen
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How Specsavers are helping vendors see and be seen

How to spend wisely and be more Taylor with our free kids' magazine
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Letters: The DWP needs to be kind – instead of making people's lives difficult
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Letters

Letters: The DWP needs to be kind – instead of making people's lives difficult

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Brits are losing faith that the NHS will be there when they need it. Here's what needs to change
NHS

Brits are losing faith that the NHS will be there when they need it. Here's what needs to change

Citroën superfans celebrate the iconic brand's classic past and sustainable future
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Citroën superfans celebrate the iconic brand's classic past and sustainable future

Letters: The politicians who deserve power are the ones speaking on real issues
Letters

Letters: The politicians who deserve power are the ones speaking on real issues

July 2024 DWP payment dates for benefits and pensions
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Benefits

July 2024 DWP payment dates for benefits and pensions

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