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'Pull your finger out': Can Keir Starmer really deliver change for those crying out for it?
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'Pull your finger out': Can Keir Starmer really deliver change for those crying out for it?
What's next for the French? The future of France – and Europe – is uncertain after shock election result
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What's next for the French? The future of France – and Europe – is uncertain after shock election result
How Starmer's new prisons minister James Timpson wants to change the way we lock people up
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How Starmer's new prisons minister James Timpson wants to change the way we lock people up
How to navigate DWP disability benefit applications and PIP assessments
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How to navigate DWP disability benefit applications and PIP assessments
Big Issue and Cardboard Citizens present new film series showing homelessness is more than one story
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Big Issue and Cardboard Citizens present new film series showing homelessness is more than one story
Rachel Reeves brings back mandatory housing targets – but Labour has a huge mountain to climb
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Rachel Reeves brings back mandatory housing targets – but Labour has a huge mountain to climb
UK needs 120,000 new rental homes to cut record-high rents, Rightmove warns
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UK needs 120,000 new rental homes to cut record-high rents, Rightmove warns
Who is Liz Kendall? Work and pensions secretary's beliefs and what she'll mean for the DWP
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Who is Liz Kendall? Work and pensions secretary's beliefs and what she'll mean for the DWP
Labour government urged to fix 'broken benefits system' for disabled and vulnerable people
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Labour government urged to fix 'broken benefits system' for disabled and vulnerable people
Here's what Labour’s landslide victory means for the planet and the ‘anti-green Tory agenda’
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Here's what Labour’s landslide victory means for the planet and the ‘anti-green Tory agenda’
Keir Starmer's 'golden opportunity' on immigration – but doubts remain for new prime minister
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Keir Starmer's 'golden opportunity' on immigration – but doubts remain for new prime minister
Keir Starmer promises 'sunlight of hope' – but can he offer progress on ending poverty in the UK?
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Keir Starmer promises 'sunlight of hope' – but can he offer progress on ending poverty in the UK?
Keir Starmer can ‘only bring real change by fixing the housing emergency’
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Keir Starmer can ‘only bring real change by fixing the housing emergency’
Keir Starmer promises 'national reset' after landslide Labour general election win
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Keir Starmer promises 'national reset' after landslide Labour general election win
What will the new Labour government do for benefit claimants and the welfare system?
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What will the new Labour government do for benefit claimants and the welfare system?
From milkshakes to Ed Davey on a paddleboard: The most bizarre moments of the 2024 general election
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From milkshakes to Ed Davey on a paddleboard: The most bizarre moments of the 2024 general election
The Tories have seen their worst defeat in modern history. This is their legacy of failure
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The Tories have seen their worst defeat in modern history. This is their legacy of failure
Labour just won the election with a historic landslide. So what happens now?
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Labour just won the election with a historic landslide. So what happens now?
'DWP doesn't seem to care': Jobcentres close on election day as 1,500 security guards go on strike
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'DWP doesn't seem to care': Jobcentres close on election day as 1,500 security guards go on strike
Council spending on homelessness triples in eight years
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