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Adoptees share the 'extreme emotional challenge' of meeting birth parents decades after adoption
adoption/ Vivianne Grant
Adoption

Adoptees share the 'extreme emotional challenge' of meeting birth parents decades after adoption

Disabled people 'risk losing right to take part in society' with social care 'on its knees'
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Social care

Disabled people 'risk losing right to take part in society' with social care 'on its knees'

I have a fear of walking. DWP put me through hell waiting for a disability benefits tribunal
Sarah Smithers
Disability benefits

I have a fear of walking. DWP put me through hell waiting for a disability benefits tribunal

Asylum seekers returning to Bibby Stockholm barge is 'health catastrophe waiting to happen'
An aerial view of the Bibby Stockholm migrant asylum docked in its final position at Portland Port in Dorset.
Bibby Stockholm

Asylum seekers returning to Bibby Stockholm barge is 'health catastrophe waiting to happen'

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Cost of living crisis

Sign up to Survival Guide: The Big Issue's cost of living newsletter with human stories at the heart

Rapper and TV chef Big Zuu: 'The more people give back, the better the world we’ll see'
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Food poverty

Rapper and TV chef Big Zuu: 'The more people give back, the better the world we’ll see'

Young woman estranged from family recalls fight for survival amid cost of living crisis: 'I was scared'
Molly Taylor
Cost of living crisis

Young woman estranged from family recalls fight for survival amid cost of living crisis: 'I was scared'

Almost half a million kids could fall into poverty if benefits don't rise with inflation, experts warn
Child
Benefits

Almost half a million kids could fall into poverty if benefits don't rise with inflation, experts warn

Food banks brace for 'worst winter yet' as record numbers need help amid cost of living crisis
Trussell Trust food banks
Food banks

Food banks brace for 'worst winter yet' as record numbers need help amid cost of living crisis

Disabled people twice as likely to face debt amid cost of living crisis: 'The system is broken'
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Cost of living crisis

Disabled people twice as likely to face debt amid cost of living crisis: 'The system is broken'

Amputee pensioner refused higher rate of disability benefit by DWP: 'I couldn't understand it'
Ian Meldrum
Disability benefits

Amputee pensioner refused higher rate of disability benefit by DWP: 'I couldn't understand it'

'I had to do something': Ex-prisoner explains how love for his kids helped him turn his life around
Justice system

'I had to do something': Ex-prisoner explains how love for his kids helped him turn his life around

Bibby Stockholm ruling: Home Office blasted as 'inhumane' as asylum seekers told to return to barge
Bibby Stockholm

Bibby Stockholm ruling: Home Office blasted as 'inhumane' as asylum seekers told to return to barge

Woman became homeless after fleeing domestic abuse. Nobody helped when she slept on streets
domestic abuse homeless
Domestic abuse

Woman became homeless after fleeing domestic abuse. Nobody helped when she slept on streets

The Felix Project: How one charity is tackling food waste and hunger in London – and offering hope
Felix Project/ Charlotte Hill
Cost of living crisis

The Felix Project: How one charity is tackling food waste and hunger in London – and offering hope

Key public services are in bad shape across the board, say most Brits – with NHS faring the worst
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Public services

Key public services are in bad shape across the board, say most Brits – with NHS faring the worst

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Government warned tougher benefit rules will cause 'destitution': 'People are struggling'
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Benefits

Government warned tougher benefit rules will cause 'destitution': 'People are struggling'

Here's when people got the disability cost of living payment – and what to do if yours is missing
Image of person in wheelchair/ Disability cost of living payment
Cost of living crisis

Here's when people got the disability cost of living payment – and what to do if yours is missing

How young people in prison are getting a fresh start by giving free haircuts to homeless people
A man is getting his hair cut with clippers
Rehabilitation

How young people in prison are getting a fresh start by giving free haircuts to homeless people

GB News slammed as Laurence Fox suspended over 'misogynistic attack' on female journalist
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GB News

GB News slammed as Laurence Fox suspended over 'misogynistic attack' on female journalist

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