Social Justice

'Utterly dire situation': Childcare costs surge to 'eye-watering' £158 per week
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Childcare

'Utterly dire situation': Childcare costs surge to 'eye-watering' £158 per week

Coram Family and Childcare's new annual survey has revealed that families are facing extortionate childcare costs. The government has a plan to fix it with the expansion of free childcare, but there are too few nursery spaces to meet demand
Tory government 'demonises' disabled people who face 'onerous' benefits system, UN warns
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Disabled people

Tory government 'demonises' disabled people who face 'onerous' benefits system, UN warns

'I just cry': Millions of elderly Brits in poverty as state pension falls short of basic living costs
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Poverty

'I just cry': Millions of elderly Brits in poverty as state pension falls short of basic living costs

'I'm in crippling debt': Brits are falling behind on bills in record numbers amid cost of living crisis
Cost of living crisis

'I'm in crippling debt': Brits are falling behind on bills in record numbers amid cost of living crisis

I had no job, long-term mental health issues and £50,000 of debt. Now I'm living debt free
Debt

I had no job, long-term mental health issues and £50,000 of debt. Now I'm living debt free

'This will transform lives': London's Sadiq Khan invests £10m in safety for domestic abuse survivors
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Domestic abuse

'This will transform lives': London's Sadiq Khan invests £10m in safety for domestic abuse survivors

DWP faces 'outrage' and 'paranoia' if it continues plans to 'spy' on bank accounts
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Department for Work and Pensions

DWP faces 'outrage' and 'paranoia' if it continues plans to 'spy' on bank accounts

Big Issue founder calls for a Ministry of Poverty Prevention ahead of the general election
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Ministry of Poverty Prevention

Big Issue founder calls for a Ministry of Poverty Prevention ahead of the general election

Prisoners could be released 60 days early to ease prison overcrowding
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Prisons

Prisoners could be released 60 days early to ease prison overcrowding

Assisted dying: The right to die shouldn't only be for the rich. But could legalising it harm the poor?
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Assisted dying

Assisted dying: The right to die shouldn't only be for the rich. But could legalising it harm the poor?

How baby banks are fighting child poverty and empowering mums in the cost of living crisis
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Mother's Day

How baby banks are fighting child poverty and empowering mums in the cost of living crisis

A quarter of young men think feminism is harming society. It's proof of a growing Gen Z divide
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Gender divide

A quarter of young men think feminism is harming society. It's proof of a growing Gen Z divide

'Sport saved me': Paralympic legend Lauren Rowles on queer joy, Paris 2024 and becoming a mum
Sport

'Sport saved me': Paralympic legend Lauren Rowles on queer joy, Paris 2024 and becoming a mum

'There was no way out': Survivors of domestic abuse forced to stay with abusers or face destitution
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Cost of living crisis

'There was no way out': Survivors of domestic abuse forced to stay with abusers or face destitution

'I thought I was going to die': The reality of life on controversial asylum barge Bibby Stockholm
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Bibby Stockholm

'I thought I was going to die': The reality of life on controversial asylum barge Bibby Stockholm

DWP sparks protests by disability activists over benefit sanctions and 'inhumane deaths'
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Disability benefits

DWP sparks protests by disability activists over benefit sanctions and 'inhumane deaths'

Every damning detail from ex-border inspector's reports the Home Office didn't want you to see
David Neal's reports are damning for the Home Office
Immigration

Every damning detail from ex-border inspector's reports the Home Office didn't want you to see

Rwanda asylum plan could cost taxpayer more than £500m. Here's how that could be much better spent
Rishi Sunak and James Cleverly have been trying to get the Rwanda scheme off the ground
A modest proposal

Rwanda asylum plan could cost taxpayer more than £500m. Here's how that could be much better spent

Sarah Everard inquiry: Cops accused of violence against women must be suspended, government told
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Social justice

Sarah Everard inquiry: Cops accused of violence against women must be suspended, government told

50,000 asylum seekers trapped in 'never-ending limbo' by Home Office, think tank says
Immigration

50,000 asylum seekers trapped in 'never-ending limbo' by Home Office, think tank says

One in five people see DWP benefits stopped for not switching to universal credit
DWP
Universal credit

One in five people see DWP benefits stopped for not switching to universal credit

Energy bills are still worryingly high. Here's how to get help if you can't afford to pay
energy bills
Cost of living crisis

Energy bills are still worryingly high. Here's how to get help if you can't afford to pay

DWP benefit sanctions have gotten tougher amid cost of living crisis, data shows
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Benefits

DWP benefit sanctions have gotten tougher amid cost of living crisis, data shows

UK energy bills to fall – but millions still live in dangerously cold and damp homes
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Energy bills

UK energy bills to fall – but millions still live in dangerously cold and damp homes

Tories have promised free childcare for working families. But there's a major problem
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Childcare

Tories have promised free childcare for working families. But there's a major problem