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'Privatisation has failed' – will rail nationalisation make a difference? Yes, but not on its own
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Nationalisation

'Privatisation has failed' – will rail nationalisation make a difference? Yes, but not on its own

Fuel poverty in the UK: Why can’t people pay their energy bills?
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Cost of living crisis

Fuel poverty in the UK: Why can’t people pay their energy bills?

Warm home discount: Am I eligible and how can I apply?
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Cost of living crisis

Warm home discount: Am I eligible and how can I apply?

I was forced to work unpaid and never let out of the house. Modern slavery is all around us in the UK
Modern slavery

I was forced to work unpaid and never let out of the house. Modern slavery is all around us in the UK

Sanditon star Rose Williams helps Big Issue with Christmas deliveries: 'A pleasure and a privilege'
Actor Rose Williams helps with Big Issue deliveries in London
Christmas

Sanditon star Rose Williams helps Big Issue with Christmas deliveries: 'A pleasure and a privilege'

Can Labour really build 1.5m new homes? Not without 'bold' and urgent planning reform, experts say
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Housebuilding

Can Labour really build 1.5m new homes? Not without 'bold' and urgent planning reform, experts say

Tower block tenants trapped in 'living nightmare' by bed bug infestations: 'I'm riddled with them'
bed bugs
Housing

Tower block tenants trapped in 'living nightmare' by bed bug infestations: 'I'm riddled with them'

'Disgraceful': Tories condemned for wasting £715m on sending no asylum seekers to Rwanda
Asylum seekers

'Disgraceful': Tories condemned for wasting £715m on sending no asylum seekers to Rwanda

Ukrainian mum who fled war dreams of buying Christmas tree and presents for her children
Christmas

Ukrainian mum who fled war dreams of buying Christmas tree and presents for her children

Labour must 'immediately' scrap two-child benefit cap if it wants to end child poverty, charities say
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Child poverty

Labour must 'immediately' scrap two-child benefit cap if it wants to end child poverty, charities say

Labour vow to end cladding crisis by 2029 leaves campaigners fearing 'living nightmare' will continue
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Cladding crisis

Labour vow to end cladding crisis by 2029 leaves campaigners fearing 'living nightmare' will continue

'Christmas is out': Meet the pensioners cancelling Christmas over Labour's winter fuel payment cuts
Winter Fuel Payment

'Christmas is out': Meet the pensioners cancelling Christmas over Labour's winter fuel payment cuts

Last Christmas I was in prison. This year I'm working in a London fine-dining restaurant
Christmas

Last Christmas I was in prison. This year I'm working in a London fine-dining restaurant

Teacher of the Year winner Oli McVeigh: 'Boys are bottling up and repressing lots of different ideas'
Teacher of the year Oli McVeigh
Education

Teacher of the Year winner Oli McVeigh: 'Boys are bottling up and repressing lots of different ideas'

Assisted dying is a step closer to being legalised – but are the safeguards tough enough?
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Assisted dying

Assisted dying is a step closer to being legalised – but are the safeguards tough enough?

'This is a very difficult decision': MPs vote to take forward assisted dying bill after emotional debate
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Assisted dying

'This is a very difficult decision': MPs vote to take forward assisted dying bill after emotional debate

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Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year
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Christmas

Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year

'This will ease the backlog': Asylum legal aid rates set to increase for first time in almost 30 years
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Legal aid

'This will ease the backlog': Asylum legal aid rates set to increase for first time in almost 30 years

Every Scottish pensioner to get winter fuel payment. Will Labour follow and finally U-turn on cuts?
Winter fuel payment

Every Scottish pensioner to get winter fuel payment. Will Labour follow and finally U-turn on cuts?

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
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Christmas

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved