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Going through cancer treatment with a learning disability is tough. Here's how doctors can help
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Going through cancer treatment with a learning disability is tough. Here's how doctors can help
Letters: The UK does not care for anyone unless you are rich
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Letters: The UK does not care for anyone unless you are rich
Big Issue partners with Mencap for special edition put together by people with learning disabilities
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Big Issue partners with Mencap for special edition put together by people with learning disabilities
'It feels like performative empathy': Why opt out emails for Father's Day can make the grief worse
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'It feels like performative empathy': Why opt out emails for Father's Day can make the grief worse
Covid destroyed my mental health and I lost everything – but discovering boxing turned my life around
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Covid destroyed my mental health and I lost everything – but discovering boxing turned my life around
'Your world changes in a moment': Brain injury survivors share remarkable stories of strength and triumph
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'Your world changes in a moment': Brain injury survivors share remarkable stories of strength and triumph
World's first fine-dining restaurant staffed by homeless people to open in London
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World's first fine-dining restaurant staffed by homeless people to open in London
Letters: Labour aren't perfect – but they're not the Tories
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Letters: Labour aren't perfect – but they're not the Tories
We must 'tackle poverty to save the NHS and improve the nation's health', next government told
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We must 'tackle poverty to save the NHS and improve the nation's health', next government told
Letters: Sunak is one of Britain's richest men – how can he relate to people on benefits?
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Letters: Sunak is one of Britain's richest men – how can he relate to people on benefits?
The Lib Dems don't go far enough – we need free meals for all school children, campaigners say
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The Lib Dems don't go far enough – we need free meals for all school children, campaigners say
Labour can protect the NHS from privatisation if they choose to – here's how
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Labour can protect the NHS from privatisation if they choose to – here's how
Period poverty: Homeless women forced to steal tampons or use old clothes as period products
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Period poverty: Homeless women forced to steal tampons or use old clothes as period products
Letters: Sunak and his cronies who think benefits are unsustainable should stop lining their pockets
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Letters: Sunak and his cronies who think benefits are unsustainable should stop lining their pockets
Cost of living crisis drives 3 million cash-strapped Brits to 'dangerous' loan sharks, study finds
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Cost of living crisis drives 3 million cash-strapped Brits to 'dangerous' loan sharks, study finds
Letters: I'm terrified Labour will be as unfair as the Tories on disability benefits
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Letters: I'm terrified Labour will be as unfair as the Tories on disability benefits
'I come down and smash it out': How a boxing gym is giving marginalised young people a fighting chance
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'I come down and smash it out': How a boxing gym is giving marginalised young people a fighting chance
Why the car is such a perfect safe space for big conversations
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Why the car is such a perfect safe space for big conversations
Letters: Rishi Sunak needs to educate himself on what it's like to be disabled
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