Social Justice

70,000 more people to lose disability benefits under Labour's cuts than originally expected
Rachel Reeves
Disability benefits

70,000 more people to lose disability benefits under Labour's cuts than originally expected

Store cards and buy now, pay later debt landed this single mum in court. What if there was another way?
Stock image of a woman working on a laptop
Buy now, pay later

Store cards and buy now, pay later debt landed this single mum in court. What if there was another way?

Disability benefit cuts will harm hundreds of thousands, MPs warn: 'A disaster on every front'
DWP benefits protest
Disability benefit cuts

Disability benefit cuts will harm hundreds of thousands, MPs warn: 'A disaster on every front'

Council tries to evict food bank – despite referring 95% of its users: 'There is nowhere to go'
Food banks

Council tries to evict food bank – despite referring 95% of its users: 'There is nowhere to go'

This women's library just became a 'library of sanctuary' for refugees and asylum seekers
Glasgow Women's Library in Scotland
Libraries

This women's library just became a 'library of sanctuary' for refugees and asylum seekers

Scrap two-child benefit cap if you're serious about child poverty, Rachel Reeves told
Rachel Reeves
Two-child benefit cap

Scrap two-child benefit cap if you're serious about child poverty, Rachel Reeves told

Auto-enrol eligible children for free school meals to end 'postcode lottery', government told
Stock image of children eating a school meal
Free school meals

Auto-enrol eligible children for free school meals to end 'postcode lottery', government told

Labour reveals £1bn plan to replace household support fund for poorest families
image of cash
Household support fund

Labour reveals £1bn plan to replace household support fund for poorest families

PIP literally saved my life. Now I fear Labour's benefit cuts will take it all away
Disability benefits

PIP literally saved my life. Now I fear Labour's benefit cuts will take it all away

Influencer Nikki Lilly: 'Disabled people are at the bottom of the barrel – we need more allies'
Kelvin Okafor's portrait of Nikki Lilly.
Disability

Influencer Nikki Lilly: 'Disabled people are at the bottom of the barrel – we need more allies'

Majority of pensioners to get winter fuel payment: 'Finally the chancellor has seen sense'
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has just announced plans to restore the winter fuel payment
Winter fuel payment

Majority of pensioners to get winter fuel payment: 'Finally the chancellor has seen sense'

'I was dying in silence': How childcare becomes a daily battle for survival for migrant families
Immigration

'I was dying in silence': How childcare becomes a daily battle for survival for migrant families

Labour's disability benefit cuts will force nearly half a million people to turn to food banks
Disability benefits

Labour's disability benefit cuts will force nearly half a million people to turn to food banks

Tens of thousands of households face a 'triple hit' of benefit cuts as part of Labour's reforms
disability benefits cuts protest
Disability benefits

Tens of thousands of households face a 'triple hit' of benefit cuts as part of Labour's reforms

Over 1.5 million Brits are unpaid carers for over 50 hours per week. Too often, they're 'invisible'
Unpaid carers

Over 1.5 million Brits are unpaid carers for over 50 hours per week. Too often, they're 'invisible'

Benefit cuts will have 'catastrophic impact' on mentally ill people: 'Some will struggle to survive'
Rachel Reeves
Disability benefits

Benefit cuts will have 'catastrophic impact' on mentally ill people: 'Some will struggle to survive'

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All children on universal credit to get free school meals: 'It will take hunger out of classroom'
Broccoli in a serving hatch
Child poverty

All children on universal credit to get free school meals: 'It will take hunger out of classroom'

What Cardiff University's Kazakhstan campus says about the state of British higher education
Education

What Cardiff University's Kazakhstan campus says about the state of British higher education

Patients are dying and facing 'horrible tragedies' due to Manchester's mental health care crisis, staff say
NHS workers in Manchester strike
Mental health

Patients are dying and facing 'horrible tragedies' due to Manchester's mental health care crisis, staff say

Hundreds of care leavers were given free money, no strings attached. Here's what happened
Basic income

Hundreds of care leavers were given free money, no strings attached. Here's what happened