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Government warned disability benefit cuts will drive people into homelessness, not work
keir starmer
Homelessness

Government warned disability benefit cuts will drive people into homelessness, not work

DWP warned benefit claimants are dying of starvation
Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall speaking in parliament
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP warned benefit claimants are dying of starvation

George Floyd, five years later: Has anything really changed?
Black Lives Matter

George Floyd, five years later: Has anything really changed?

Wales' future generations commissioner warns we're not doing enough for people yet to be born
Wales future generations commissioner Derek Walker
Future Generations

Wales' future generations commissioner warns we're not doing enough for people yet to be born

Starmer's U-turn on winter fuel payment cuts 'long overdue' – but thousands could still miss out
Prime Minister Keir Starmer stands in front of a Union Jack flag
Winter fuel payment

Starmer's U-turn on winter fuel payment cuts 'long overdue' – but thousands could still miss out

Food banks urge Labour to rethink benefit cuts amid 'heartbreaking' surge in demand
Image from food bank charity Trussell showing volunteers sorting through food donations
Food banks

Food banks urge Labour to rethink benefit cuts amid 'heartbreaking' surge in demand

Revealed: The areas where more than half of disabled people could lose their benefits
Rachel Reeves
Disability benefits

Revealed: The areas where more than half of disabled people could lose their benefits

'Dangerous' DWP needs 'deep-rooted change' to stop benefit claimants from dying, damning report finds
dwp
Benefits

'Dangerous' DWP needs 'deep-rooted change' to stop benefit claimants from dying, damning report finds

Bill Gates is giving away his £150bn fortune – and we think we know how to spend it
A Modest Proposal

Bill Gates is giving away his £150bn fortune – and we think we know how to spend it

Sam Thompson on his mammoth 260-mile challenge for Soccer Aid: 'I've got to do something'
Sam Thompson joined children aged nine to 12 to play football at a UNICEF-supported football programme supporting children in Solola, Guatemala.
Charity

Sam Thompson on his mammoth 260-mile challenge for Soccer Aid: 'I've got to do something'

Labour's poverty failure 'risks driving voters to Reform UK', warns Big Issue founder
Lord John Bird, photographed for the Big Issue in 2024.
Poverty

Labour's poverty failure 'risks driving voters to Reform UK', warns Big Issue founder

Majority of Brits disapprove of Labour's approach to tackling poverty, Big Issue polling finds
Big Issue vendors Andre, Kelvin and George
Poverty

Majority of Brits disapprove of Labour's approach to tackling poverty, Big Issue polling finds

Disability benefit cuts could be as 'politically toxic' as winter fuel payment, Labour warned
Liz Kendall
Disability benefits

Disability benefit cuts could be as 'politically toxic' as winter fuel payment, Labour warned

Women in the North miss out on £158m in wages every week compared to rest of England
Manchester
Women

Women in the North miss out on £158m in wages every week compared to rest of England

How to stay safe online
Stock image of a person using a laptop
Digital inclusion

How to stay safe online

Revealed: DWP has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other UK employer
dwp offices
Employment

Revealed: DWP has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other UK employer

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The Traitors' Ash Bibi on fleeing a violent home for a women's refuge at 16: 'There's always hope'
Ash Bibi
Domestic violence

The Traitors' Ash Bibi on fleeing a violent home for a women's refuge at 16: 'There's always hope'

Food banks receiving 'rotten' donations from supermarkets 'not fit for human consumption'
food banks
Food banks

Food banks receiving 'rotten' donations from supermarkets 'not fit for human consumption'

I'm an aid worker in Gaza – the situation has never been worse
British aid worker in Gaza Gavin Kelleher
Gaza

I'm an aid worker in Gaza – the situation has never been worse

Why does everyone keep getting the white working class wrong?
Working class

Why does everyone keep getting the white working class wrong?

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