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Labour's billion pound gamble: Can community energy deliver the affordable power the UK needs?
Labour's billion pound gamble: Can community energy deliver the affordable power the UK needs?
Here's how to make your voice heard against the DWP's disability benefit cuts
Here's how to make your voice heard against the DWP's disability benefit cuts
Stanley Tucci, Stephen Fry, Rosie Jones and more hit out over benefit cuts: 'It breaks my heart'
Stanley Tucci, Stephen Fry, Rosie Jones and more hit out over benefit cuts: 'It breaks my heart'
Poet laureate Simon Armitage on his years as a probation officer – and the redemptive power of poetry
Poet laureate Simon Armitage on his years as a probation officer – and the redemptive power of poetry
Keir Starmer is watching Adolescence. Here's how his government can stop it happening in real life
Keir Starmer is watching Adolescence. Here's how his government can stop it happening in real life
DWP minister 'regrets' making disabled people feel anxious over benefit cuts
DWP minister 'regrets' making disabled people feel anxious over benefit cuts
The hidden impact of Labour's disability benefit cuts – from carer's allowance to railcards
The hidden impact of Labour's disability benefit cuts – from carer's allowance to railcards
'We don't live single issue lives': This exhibition is celebrating trans joy amid the culture wars
'We don't live single issue lives': This exhibition is celebrating trans joy amid the culture wars
End two-child limit on benefits to lift 600,000 kids out of poverty, Labour told: 'We're in a crisis'
End two-child limit on benefits to lift 600,000 kids out of poverty, Labour told: 'We're in a crisis'
Labour warned it is 'undermining' its own welfare reforms with £5bn of benefits cuts
Labour warned it is 'undermining' its own welfare reforms with £5bn of benefits cuts
Benefit cuts are a 'violation of human rights' which will harm ill and disabled people, Labour warned
Benefit cuts are a 'violation of human rights' which will harm ill and disabled people, Labour warned
DWP's new unemployment benefit and changes to work capability assessments, explained
DWP's new unemployment benefit and changes to work capability assessments, explained
How Labour's changes to universal credit are going to impact millions of Brits
How Labour's changes to universal credit are going to impact millions of Brits
Cuts, universal credit and PIP: Everything you need to know about Labour's benefits overhaul
Cuts, universal credit and PIP: Everything you need to know about Labour's benefits overhaul
Compulsory domestic abuse lessons for over 16s could help 'prevent misogynistic murders', MPs told
Compulsory domestic abuse lessons for over 16s could help 'prevent misogynistic murders', MPs told
Former homeless people take over empty Debenhams to open one of UK's biggest charity shops
Former homeless people take over empty Debenhams to open one of UK's biggest charity shops
Over 85,000 children in Britain living in extreme poverty: 'There's a sense of hopelessness'
Over 85,000 children in Britain living in extreme poverty: 'There's a sense of hopelessness'
'I'll lose my ability to be part of society': Disabled people fear life after Labour's benefit cuts
'I'll lose my ability to be part of society': Disabled people fear life after Labour's benefit cuts
Thames Water avoids nationalisation after legal challenge to £3bn bailout dismissed by court
Thames Water avoids nationalisation after legal challenge to £3bn bailout dismissed by court
Banksy explains why he uses tag of 'UK's most imprisoned graffiti writer' Tox in his work
