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The manosphere isn’t just an online issue. It’s fuelling domestic abuse
Louis Theroux with Harrison Sullivan (HSTikkyTokky), in Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere.
Emma Pickering and Meg Warren-Lister

The manosphere isn’t just an online issue. It’s fuelling domestic abuse

Did Louis Theroux’s documentary properly interrogate the manosphere? Emma Pickering and Meg Warren-Lister, of Refuge, write about the deep harm the ideology is causing to women and girls
This is the reality of life for millions of children facing war in the Middle East
A search and rescue in Baalbek, Lebanon
Flutra Gorana

This is the reality of life for millions of children facing war in the Middle East

There is a roadmap to end homelessness by 2040. Now it’s up those in power to follow it
Crisis Scotland representatives show cabinet secretary for housing Mairi McAllan the roadmap to end homelessness by 2040
Maeve McGoldrick

There is a roadmap to end homelessness by 2040. Now it’s up those in power to follow it

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I am so glad a plumber has been elected. Now let’s rebuild parliament from the foundations
John Bird

I am so glad a plumber has been elected. Now let’s rebuild parliament from the foundations

Half of UK adults have faced problem debt. It can happen to anyone – but help is out there
Vikki Brownridge

Half of UK adults have faced problem debt. It can happen to anyone – but help is out there

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Political opinion

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I am so glad a plumber has been elected. Now let’s rebuild parliament from the foundations
Green Party MP Hannah Spencer
John Bird

I am so glad a plumber has been elected. Now let’s rebuild parliament from the foundations

Hannah Spencer said in her acceptance speech that “we don’t have to fight dirty to fight for change”
Our kid-friendly version of the child poverty strategy teaches all children empathy and compassion
education secretary Bridget Phillipson meets children at a breakfast club
Bridget Phillipson

Our kid-friendly version of the child poverty strategy teaches all children empathy and compassion

Palestine Action: What happens when protest is branded terror?
Palestine Action supports at the Royal Courts of Justice
Yasmine Ahmed and Lydia Gall

Palestine Action: What happens when protest is branded terror?

Homelessness

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There is a roadmap to end homelessness by 2040. Now it’s up those in power to follow it
Crisis Scotland representatives show cabinet secretary for housing Mairi McAllan the roadmap to end homelessness by 2040
Maeve McGoldrick

There is a roadmap to end homelessness by 2040. Now it’s up those in power to follow it

Three ways we can make a radical shift to prevent violence against women and girls
the silhouette of a women in a flat in front of the sun
Polly Neate

Three ways we can make a radical shift to prevent violence against women and girls

Homes for Ukraine helped save thousands of people. But life for Ukrainian refugees is still uncertain
Carly Whyborn

Homes for Ukraine helped save thousands of people. But life for Ukrainian refugees is still uncertain

I was homeless at 16 after leaving care. My apprenticeship gave me a future
Lifetime Training foundation apprentice Nick Marshall
Nick Marshall

I was homeless at 16 after leaving care. My apprenticeship gave me a future

Poverty

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Sex has fallen off the menu, the pints cost £9: this lost generation needs regeneration
John Bird

Sex has fallen off the menu, the pints cost £9: this lost generation needs regeneration

A generation has become lost – building back should be an urgent priority
There’s a blind spot with the SEND reforms which could push more families into poverty
Image of child in school
Lisa Mainwaring

There’s a blind spot with the SEND reforms which could push more families into poverty

Why don’t people just get a job? The answer is far from simple
The green job centre plus sign hangs above a wet and dirty concrete architrave
Juliette Flach

Why don’t people just get a job? The answer is far from simple

Sam Delaney

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I love the freedom of freelancing. But you never get used to the instability
Sam Delaney

I love the freedom of freelancing. But you never get used to the instability

Me, my grown-up daughter, and a night out with Take That
Take That
Sam Delaney

Me, my grown-up daughter, and a night out with Take That

Time on your hands can cause stress – but I’m learning to lean into it
Sam Delaney

Time on your hands can cause stress – but I’m learning to lean into it

Why I’m proud of myself for not buying a pair of corduroy trousers
Sam Delaney

Why I’m proud of myself for not buying a pair of corduroy trousers

John Bird

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I am so glad a plumber has been elected. Now let’s rebuild parliament from the foundations
Green Party MP Hannah Spencer
John Bird

I am so glad a plumber has been elected. Now let’s rebuild parliament from the foundations

Letters: The bill to fix the Houses of Parliament is too high. Let’s use a disused office block instead
Letters

Letters: The bill to fix the Houses of Parliament is too high. Let’s use a disused office block instead

Sex has fallen off the menu, the pints cost £9: this lost generation needs regeneration
John Bird

Sex has fallen off the menu, the pints cost £9: this lost generation needs regeneration

Don’t let Epstein and his accomplices distract us from the real threats we face
John Bird

Don’t let Epstein and his accomplices distract us from the real threats we face

Paul McNamee

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Central Station is Glasgow’s beating heart. It’s chilling to think we nearly lost it
Paul McNamee

Central Station is Glasgow’s beating heart. It’s chilling to think we nearly lost it

Council tax hikes won’t improve services or pay workers better. But I have an idea
Paul McNamee

Council tax hikes won’t improve services or pay workers better. But I have an idea

Ireland’s basic income for artists shows respect for human creativity in the age of AI
Paul McNamee

Ireland’s basic income for artists shows respect for human creativity in the age of AI

Reform’s pints promise is really talking about British identity. Labour should take note
Paul McNamee

Reform’s pints promise is really talking about British identity. Labour should take note