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'This is not human': UK asylum system pushing refugees into 'homelessness and danger', report finds
Asylum seekers risked being left
Asylum system

'This is not human': UK asylum system pushing refugees into 'homelessness and danger', report finds

Home Office overspent on asylum by billions. Here's how that money could've been used
A Modest Proposal

Home Office overspent on asylum by billions. Here's how that money could've been used

Labour MP and self-professed 'renters champion' Jas Athwal faces calls to resign over mouldy flats
Labour MP Jas Athwal speaking in the House of Commons
Renting

Labour MP and self-professed 'renters champion' Jas Athwal faces calls to resign over mouldy flats

Women in North of England live shorter lives, more likely to be in poverty and work harder for less
women in north
The North

Women in North of England live shorter lives, more likely to be in poverty and work harder for less

Half of people claiming universal credit ran out of food in the last month
Trussell Trust food banks
Universal Credit

Half of people claiming universal credit ran out of food in the last month

Fury as train operators cut railcard discount despite sky-high ticket prices: 'It's demoralising'
Stock image of a train leaving a station
Transport

Fury as train operators cut railcard discount despite sky-high ticket prices: 'It's demoralising'

Homelessness is a 'political choice', MPs told as they return to parliament
A message saying 'Homelessness is a political choice' is beamed on to the Houses of Parliament
Homelessness

Homelessness is a 'political choice', MPs told as they return to parliament

DWP extends household support fund to help families struggling with cost of living
MPs told the Government to keep the £20 Universal Credit increase
Household support fund

DWP extends household support fund to help families struggling with cost of living

I arrived in the UK on a small boat. Now, I'm fighting to make life better for others like me
Changemakers

I arrived in the UK on a small boat. Now, I'm fighting to make life better for others like me

DWP says there's 'more learning to do' as every MP given book on deaths of disabled benefit claimants
The Department - book about the failings of the DWP by John Pring
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP says there's 'more learning to do' as every MP given book on deaths of disabled benefit claimants

These are the ticking Tory time bombs Labour must defuse as parliament returns
Politics

These are the ticking Tory time bombs Labour must defuse as parliament returns

Elderly people's lives in danger without winter fuel payment, Labour warned: 'This is a mistake'
uncle nigel
Winter fuel payment

Elderly people's lives in danger without winter fuel payment, Labour warned: 'This is a mistake'

UK won't reach net zero without carbon capture – so why do we keep 'screwing it up'?
carbon capture
Net zero

UK won't reach net zero without carbon capture – so why do we keep 'screwing it up'?

Council spending on homelessness now double what it was five years ago: 'Throwing good money away'
Couple Russ and Selma sitting in the Travelodge where they were placed by their local council after experiencing homelessness
Homelessness

Council spending on homelessness now double what it was five years ago: 'Throwing good money away'

Single mum with disabled children told to pay DWP back £17,000 in benefit overpayments
mum and child
Benefit overpayments

Single mum with disabled children told to pay DWP back £17,000 in benefit overpayments

How a replica Chinese restaurant is changing the narrative on migration after UK riots
Tent installation showcasing stories, artwork and sounds from the former refugee camp in Calais, from the Migration Museum's All Our Stories exhibition
Migration

How a replica Chinese restaurant is changing the narrative on migration after UK riots

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No update on future of household support fund until autumn budget, DWP minister says
Rachel Reeves
Household support fund

No update on future of household support fund until autumn budget, DWP minister says

This mum used to watch her son 'struggle for breath'. After a year of Ulez, things are much better
ULEZ

This mum used to watch her son 'struggle for breath'. After a year of Ulez, things are much better

The London housing market has become an absurdist sport. The game is rigged
Yvonne Wickham
Homelessness

The London housing market has become an absurdist sport. The game is rigged

One in 10 renters spend more than 60% of their take-home pay on rent
woman at laptop looking stressed
RENTING

One in 10 renters spend more than 60% of their take-home pay on rent

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