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Teachers fear more than half a million children will go hungry this summer: 'It just can't go on'

Teachers fear more than half a million children will go hungry this summer: 'It just can't go on'
Up to 675,000 school-aged children in England facing holiday hunger this summer – nearly identical to 2024 levels
The 2012 Olympics promised to regenerate East London. What went wrong?

The 2012 Olympics promised to regenerate East London. What went wrong?
Revealed: Why Greater Manchester Police refuses to give life-saving overdose drug to officers

Revealed: Why Greater Manchester Police refuses to give life-saving overdose drug to officers
Giving 16-year-olds the vote: Will it beat far-right populism or does it play right into Farage's hands?
Giving 16-year-olds the vote: Will it beat far-right populism or does it play right into Farage's hands?
Gen Z Londoners are handing out ‘awards’ to the organisations they blame for the housing crisis
Gen Z Londoners are handing out ‘awards’ to the organisations they blame for the housing crisis
DWP taking cash back from benefit claimants it overpaid is 'just like carer's allowance scandal'

DWP taking cash back from benefit claimants it overpaid is 'just like carer's allowance scandal'
Childcare costs families £1,000 per child in the summer holidays: 'It makes me feel sick'

Childcare costs families £1,000 per child in the summer holidays: 'It makes me feel sick'
Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?

Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?
Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?
Joe Wicks joins forces with Labour for animated series to get kids active over summer holidays

Joe Wicks joins forces with Labour for animated series to get kids active over summer holidays
Can building homes around and above railways help get Labour's housebuilding plan on track?

Can building homes around and above railways help get Labour's housebuilding plan on track?
Labour's new Family Hubs are the 'successor' to Sure Start. As child poverty rises, will they work?

Labour's new Family Hubs are the 'successor' to Sure Start. As child poverty rises, will they work?
Brits overwhelmingly back a wealth tax on the ultra-rich. Would it work in the UK?

Brits overwhelmingly back a wealth tax on the ultra-rich. Would it work in the UK?
Rise of the good landlords: Inside the movement to make the private rental sector tackle homelessness

Rise of the good landlords: Inside the movement to make the private rental sector tackle homelessness
I lived on a debt-stricken housing estate as an anthropologist – this is what I learned about poverty

I lived on a debt-stricken housing estate as an anthropologist – this is what I learned about poverty
Manchester police 'encouraged' to give officers life-saving naloxone after Big Issue reporting

Manchester police 'encouraged' to give officers life-saving naloxone after Big Issue reporting
Renowned photographer Misan Harriman on Black Lives Matter, Gaza and finding hope in protest

Renowned photographer Misan Harriman on Black Lives Matter, Gaza and finding hope in protest
How I made friends with a great oak tree named Quercus

How I made friends with a great oak tree named Quercus
'It would be good to know how long we have left': This clifftop community is falling into the sea

'It would be good to know how long we have left': This clifftop community is falling into the sea
Home Office extends 56-day refugee move-on period – but it doesn't go far enough, campaigners say

Home Office extends 56-day refugee move-on period – but it doesn't go far enough, campaigners say
Black and minority households 'forced to cut their hair and hide their accents' to get social housing

Black and minority households 'forced to cut their hair and hide their accents' to get social housing
DWP’s 'unhealthy' AI obsession is trapping people in poverty, Amnesty report finds

DWP’s 'unhealthy' AI obsession is trapping people in poverty, Amnesty report finds
One in nine children hit by two-child benefit cap: 'The public will not stomach inaction'

One in nine children hit by two-child benefit cap: 'The public will not stomach inaction'
Here's a dozen fascinating trees you really should visit this year

Here's a dozen fascinating trees you really should visit this year
Sky-high rents mean ageing tenants 'won't be able to retire' – adding billions to the benefits bill
