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As an autistic teen I depended on the benefits system – we're all at risk if harmful reforms go ahead
Diane Johnson

As an autistic teen I depended on the benefits system – we're all at risk if harmful reforms go ahead

Proposed changes to disability benefits could exclude autistic people from vital support and deepen barriers to employment, says Diane Johnson, CEO of EnFold
We need to start treating gambling harm as a public health issue – here's why
Dr Beccy Cooper

We need to start treating gambling harm as a public health issue – here's why

Benefits for unpaid carers and those they care for are intrinsically linked – Labour is failing both
Emily Holzhausen

Benefits for unpaid carers and those they care for are intrinsically linked – Labour is failing both

What Starmer could learn from watching The Bear
Paul McNamee

What Starmer could learn from watching The Bear

The excuses don't wash. All police officers must be allowed to carry naloxone
Meg Jones

The excuses don't wash. All police officers must be allowed to carry naloxone

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Why the dystopian world of Severance is my unlikely comfort watch
TV

Why the dystopian world of Severance is my unlikely comfort watch

Gaza's health workers need more than thoughts and prayers – they need protection
Damage in the Gaza strip
Dr Omar Abdel-Mannan

Gaza's health workers need more than thoughts and prayers – they need protection

Why we need more migrants in political office
Yvette Cooper
Lara Parizotto

Why we need more migrants in political office

A year of Labour: How has the Starmer government fared in helping people out of debt?
Vikki Brownridge

A year of Labour: How has the Starmer government fared in helping people out of debt?

Labour should take a leaf out of Zohran Mamdani's book and give young people something to vote for
Banseka Kayembe

Labour should take a leaf out of Zohran Mamdani's book and give young people something to vote for

MPs must vote down Labour's benefits cuts – the health of the nation is at stake
disability benefits cuts protest
Mikey Erhardt

MPs must vote down Labour's benefits cuts – the health of the nation is at stake

Delivery bikes outside hotels prove only one thing: The ban on work for asylum seekers must be lifted
Deliveroo delivery person on a bicycle
Nathan Philips

Delivery bikes outside hotels prove only one thing: The ban on work for asylum seekers must be lifted

Oasis songs speak to people in a way other artists only dream of
Paul McNamee

Oasis songs speak to people in a way other artists only dream of

The broken driving test system proves our public services are fraying at the edges
Stock image of a London street with cars and buses
James Rose

The broken driving test system proves our public services are fraying at the edges

Life is more sparkly having a sister with Down's syndrome
Sophie and Emily Potter
Emily Potter and Sophie Potter

Life is more sparkly having a sister with Down's syndrome

A moment in a maths class, aged 14, gave me the courage to tell people I was trans
Alice Jayde Wood

A moment in a maths class, aged 14, gave me the courage to tell people I was trans

Digital exclusion means millions are cut-off from the essentials of modern life. It must be fixed now
computers
Joel Tiller

Digital exclusion means millions are cut-off from the essentials of modern life. It must be fixed now

I'm a Labour MP and this is why I still can't support the government's disability benefits cuts
Cat Eccles MP

I'm a Labour MP and this is why I still can't support the government's disability benefits cuts

Benefit cuts are not a 'pathway to work' – they risk making people homeless
a blue tent pitched in a car park with a shopping trolley and plastic bags leaning against it
Emma Haddad

Benefit cuts are not a 'pathway to work' – they risk making people homeless

The Grenfell story is far from over
A sign saying
Olaide Sadiq

The Grenfell story is far from over

I'm a refugee. My favourite thing about Britain? The weather!
Tumukunde Uzomukunde

I'm a refugee. My favourite thing about Britain? The weather!

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I fled Sri Lanka after surviving torture. This is how food and family helped me rebuild my life
Nafa

I fled Sri Lanka after surviving torture. This is how food and family helped me rebuild my life

If we want to prevent modern slavery, we must start with preventing homelessness
Mick Clarke and Eleanor Lyons

If we want to prevent modern slavery, we must start with preventing homelessness

The story behind our Big Issue special edition created entirely by young people
Paul McNamee

The story behind our Big Issue special edition created entirely by young people

How youth charity OnSide gives a platform to the voices of the next generation
Jamie Masraff

How youth charity OnSide gives a platform to the voices of the next generation

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