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Housing advice for people with learning disabilities: 'It's so important people know their rights'
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Housing advice for people with learning disabilities: 'It's so important people know their rights'
Benefits, bills and safe routes for refugees: All the issues the major parties aren't talking about
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Benefits, bills and safe routes for refugees: All the issues the major parties aren't talking about
Why the four-day working week is a feminist issue – and what we need to do about it
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Why the four-day working week is a feminist issue – and what we need to do about it
Hollyoaks legend Emily Burnett: 'With the right people behind you, you can do anything'
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Hollyoaks legend Emily Burnett: 'With the right people behind you, you can do anything'
June 2024 payment dates for DWP benefits – plus universal credit increase
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June 2024 payment dates for DWP benefits – plus universal credit increase
This vegan restaurant offers workers with learning disabilities a pathway to independence
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This vegan restaurant offers workers with learning disabilities a pathway to independence
People with learning disabilities need to make their voices heard on election day
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People with learning disabilities need to make their voices heard on election day
'Great pity' major parties are ignoring poverty in election, says Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart
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'Great pity' major parties are ignoring poverty in election, says Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart
'I want to get out': The fight for people with learning disabilities to live at home – not hospitals
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'I want to get out': The fight for people with learning disabilities to live at home – not hospitals
Labour unveils plan to fix rental crisis and immediately axe no-fault evictions
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Labour unveils plan to fix rental crisis and immediately axe no-fault evictions
UK inflation falls to lowest level in almost three years – but cost of living crisis is far from over
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UK inflation falls to lowest level in almost three years – but cost of living crisis is far from over
How Nigel Farage could become next Tory leader – and why we all should be concerned
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How Nigel Farage could become next Tory leader – and why we all should be concerned
Greek coastguards 'throwing migrants to their deaths' may be repeated in Britain, leaders warned
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Greek coastguards 'throwing migrants to their deaths' may be repeated in Britain, leaders warned
One in five Brits say they feel 'reluctant' just talking to someone with a learning disability
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One in five Brits say they feel 'reluctant' just talking to someone with a learning disability
Paralympian Jessica-Jane Applegate on winning gold and being told she doesn't look disabled enough
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Paralympian Jessica-Jane Applegate on winning gold and being told she doesn't look disabled enough
'All my stuff is ruined now': Renter speaks out after home flooded with faeces and sewage
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'All my stuff is ruined now': Renter speaks out after home flooded with faeces and sewage
'People in prison need art, music and reading': Inside the prison libraries that break down walls
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'People in prison need art, music and reading': Inside the prison libraries that break down walls
'We're in a planetary code red – we need hope': How Labour's manifesto has gone down with young voters
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'We're in a planetary code red – we need hope': How Labour's manifesto has gone down with young voters
Even Nigel Farage wants to scrap the two-child benefit cap. When will Labour see sense?
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Even Nigel Farage wants to scrap the two-child benefit cap. When will Labour see sense?
Labour's plan for the climate and nature: The good, the bad and the glaringly absent
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