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Disabled people are paid £2 an hour less at work. Here's how to change this grossly unfair situation
disabled people working/ disability pay gap
Harriet Edwards

Disabled people are paid £2 an hour less at work. Here's how to change this grossly unfair situation

Mr Starmer, your plan for the benefits bill is same nonsense the Tories would have come up with
Paul McNamee

Mr Starmer, your plan for the benefits bill is same nonsense the Tories would have come up with

Rachel Reeves should see that ending poverty is fiscally responsible. Here's why
rachel reeves
John Bird

Rachel Reeves should see that ending poverty is fiscally responsible. Here's why

Why Netflix romcom Nobody Wants This should be compulsory viewing for teenage boys
TV

Why Netflix romcom Nobody Wants This should be compulsory viewing for teenage boys

'I lost everything imaginable': Women in Gaza recall how a year of war has upended their lives
Shurooq and her children in the school-turned-shelter where they are living.
Shurooq, Asmaa and Raja

'I lost everything imaginable': Women in Gaza recall how a year of war has upended their lives

The UK needed Bronski Beat in 1984. Forty years on, their pop and politics remind us to be strong
Lucy Robinson

The UK needed Bronski Beat in 1984. Forty years on, their pop and politics remind us to be strong

Rivals and the joy of Jilly Cooper: 'No other author writes about sex as freely or courageously'
David Tennant, Nafessa Williams and Aiden Turner in Rivals on Disney+
Daisy Buchanan

Rivals and the joy of Jilly Cooper: 'No other author writes about sex as freely or courageously'

DWP minister: 'Disability pay gap marks a decade of lost potential for disabled people'
Disability sign/ DWP PIP can help people with disabilities or illness pay for extra costs
Stephen Timms

DWP minister: 'Disability pay gap marks a decade of lost potential for disabled people'

Keir Starmer's promise to slash red tape and 'rip out bureaucracy' is a step backwards for Britain
Phoebe Clay

Keir Starmer's promise to slash red tape and 'rip out bureaucracy' is a step backwards for Britain

Fuel duty has been frozen since 2011. Labour must end this tax cut to help the UK's poorest
a person filling up their car at a fuel pump
Stephen Frost

Fuel duty has been frozen since 2011. Labour must end this tax cut to help the UK's poorest

Hunger and broken shoes: Why we need a more compassionate approach to council tax debt collection
debt worries
Emily Whitford

Hunger and broken shoes: Why we need a more compassionate approach to council tax debt collection

William Blake gave voice to the nation. The least we can do is save his cottage
Blake's Cottage
John Higgs

William Blake gave voice to the nation. The least we can do is save his cottage

Yes, live music can change your life
Sam Delaney

Yes, live music can change your life

Starmer's first 100 days sees the UK in Bizarro World. Is this really the change people voted for?
Starmer at the Labour party conference
Adam Barnett

Starmer's first 100 days sees the UK in Bizarro World. Is this really the change people voted for?

Will Labour's employment and renting reform bills finally end millennials' insecurity?
Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner
Alice Martin

Will Labour's employment and renting reform bills finally end millennials' insecurity?

Mental health impact of debt and cost of living must stop being overlooked
benefits dwp/ piggy bank
Julie Bentley

Mental health impact of debt and cost of living must stop being overlooked

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The story of my life – in 62 pubs
John Bird

The story of my life – in 62 pubs

DWP plans to spy on claimants' bank accounts will pile misery onto disabled people
Pound coins on a piece of paper with disability living allowancve
Mikey Erhardt

DWP plans to spy on claimants' bank accounts will pile misery onto disabled people

It's never been more dangerous to be a Palestinian aid worker – we feel the world has abandoned us
Salma Altaweel

It's never been more dangerous to be a Palestinian aid worker – we feel the world has abandoned us

I spy a new John Le Carré novel – well, almost
Paul McNamee

I spy a new John Le Carré novel – well, almost

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