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Scurvy and malnutrition in the UK have doubled since 2010
A doctor listening to a child's back through a stethoscope. Poverty
Poverty

Scurvy and malnutrition in the UK have doubled since 2010

Patients are waiting in ambulances outside A&E for 14 hours with demand at 'highest ever level'
Ambulances queue outside the Royal Cornwall Hospital
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Patients are waiting in ambulances outside A&E for 14 hours with demand at 'highest ever level'

What is conversion therapy?
conversion therapy
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What is conversion therapy?

Nurses say levelling up is ‘lip service’ if lessons aren't learnt from Covid health inequalities
UK health inequality was reflected in Covid-19 death figures, when Bangladeshi men were five times as likely to die with the virus as their white counterparts.
Social Justice

Nurses say levelling up is ‘lip service’ if lessons aren't learnt from Covid health inequalities

‘It’s going to be a dark winter’: Universal credit claimants respond to the Budget
Universal credit claimants will keep 45p for every £1 they earn at work, starting in December.
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‘It’s going to be a dark winter’: Universal credit claimants respond to the Budget

Virtual healthcare is discriminatory and breaches Equality Act, say charities
digital inclusion
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Virtual healthcare is discriminatory and breaches Equality Act, say charities

‘Do it for the children’: Families plead with Sunak to reverse universal credit cut
universal credit
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‘Do it for the children’: Families plead with Sunak to reverse universal credit cut

‘They took away my future’: Teenager forced to quit college after universal credit cut
Universal credit
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‘They took away my future’: Teenager forced to quit college after universal credit cut

Health inequalities: How does your area of England compare to others?
levelling up
Social Justice

Health inequalities: How does your area of England compare to others?

'What kidnappers do' - DWP forcing universal credit claimants to pose for photo with daily paper
universal credit
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'What kidnappers do' - DWP forcing universal credit claimants to pose for photo with daily paper

Children in poverty 70% more likely to develop asthma for life
Child with asthma
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Children in poverty 70% more likely to develop asthma for life

Women and LGBTQ+ people in Afghanistan are still waiting for the UK refugees scheme to open
Priti Patel said the scheme would accept 20,000 people from Afghanistan.
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Women and LGBTQ+ people in Afghanistan are still waiting for the UK refugees scheme to open

Make breakfast clubs a priority in child poverty fight, government told
Rachel de Souza talking about child poverty
Social Justice

Make breakfast clubs a priority in child poverty fight, government told

Up to 1.5 million fuel poor households don't qualify for the warm home discount
Up to 1.5m fuel poor households don't qualify for the warm home discount. Image: Nenad Stojkovic / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
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Up to 1.5 million fuel poor households don't qualify for the warm home discount

Universal credit: What is it and why does the £20 cut matter?
Three pound coins sit in a pile on top of a £5 note. The Big Issue explains Universal Credit
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Universal credit: What is it and why does the £20 cut matter?

The problems with BT's £50m 888 app to protect women on their way home
police crime sentencing and courts bill
Social Justice

The problems with BT's £50m 888 app to protect women on their way home

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'My parents tried to pray for me': How prejudice is driving LGBTQ+ homelessness
LGBTQ+ homelessness
Social Justice

'My parents tried to pray for me': How prejudice is driving LGBTQ+ homelessness

How much you would get in universal credit if you lost your job today
universal credit
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How much you would get in universal credit if you lost your job today

Food banks are already running out of food and say it's going to get worse
universal credit food banks
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Food banks are already running out of food and say it's going to get worse

Millions facing 'daily battle' as government cuts universal credit
Rishi Sunak reviews paper at his desk in front of a union jack
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Millions facing 'daily battle' as government cuts universal credit

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