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'Adults make dumb decisions': What do teenagers think about lowering the voting age?
'Adults make dumb decisions': What do teenagers think about lowering the voting age?
Disabled people warn of brutal 'secret' cuts to DWP Access to Work support: 'It's been horrific'
Disabled people warn of brutal 'secret' cuts to DWP Access to Work support: 'It's been horrific'
Homeless people were given free cash to buy what they want – here's what they spent their money on
Homeless people were given free cash to buy what they want – here's what they spent their money on
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'
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
