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Migrant workers are holding Britain together – but we're still treated like we don't belong
social care crisis sees care workers experiencing low pay
Munya Radzi

Migrant workers are holding Britain together – but we're still treated like we don't belong

The message from the government to migrant workers is chilling: you can be used, but not supported
'Children in care shouldn't be a route to profit': Baroness Lola Young on privatisation of children's homes
Care homes

'Children in care shouldn't be a route to profit': Baroness Lola Young on privatisation of children's homes

These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families 'before it's too late'
Marie Maubouche
Adoption

These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families 'before it's too late'

Letters: Labour is redefining what it means to be disabled to satisfy Rachel Reeves
Letters

Letters: Labour is redefining what it means to be disabled to satisfy Rachel Reeves

Over 1.5 million Brits are unpaid carers for over 50 hours per week. Too often, they're 'invisible'
Unpaid carers

Over 1.5 million Brits are unpaid carers for over 50 hours per week. Too often, they're 'invisible'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'Love alone doesn't pay the bills': Kinship carers plea for financial support amid surging poverty
Kinship carers stage protest in Westminster to call for vital financial support
Kinship care

'Love alone doesn't pay the bills': Kinship carers plea for financial support amid surging poverty

James O'Brien on being adopted and why he hasn't met his birth mum: 'So much of life is luck'
james o'brien
Adoption

James O'Brien on being adopted and why he hasn't met his birth mum: 'So much of life is luck'

The care system fails millions of disabled people – we can't wait till 2028 for the government to act
a disability rights poster
Mikey Erhardt

The care system fails millions of disabled people – we can't wait till 2028 for the government to act

Letters: We should embrace the decline in population in the most polluting countries
Letters

Letters: We should embrace the decline in population in the most polluting countries

I was put into care after coming out as trans. But my loving foster family saw me for who I really was
Foster care

I was put into care after coming out as trans. But my loving foster family saw me for who I really was

I'm in temporary accommodation this Christmas. Growing up in care makes it hard to find a home
person in the snow
Rose

I'm in temporary accommodation this Christmas. Growing up in care makes it hard to find a home

Poet Lemn Sissay: 'I am my biggest failure and I am my biggest success'
My Big Year

Poet Lemn Sissay: 'I am my biggest failure and I am my biggest success'

'We can't keep up': Councils cutting services and facing bankruptcy over rising cost of social care
social care crisis sees care workers experiencing low pay
Social care

'We can't keep up': Councils cutting services and facing bankruptcy over rising cost of social care

'Turning trauma into triumph': This is the truth about growing up Black in the care system
judith denton and rick flo
Ric Flo and Judith Denton

'Turning trauma into triumph': This is the truth about growing up Black in the care system

We have to find a better way to care for our young people. I hope my play helps start that
Lin Coghlan and Jim Pope

We have to find a better way to care for our young people. I hope my play helps start that

Alma's Not Normal star Sophie Willan: 'Care experienced people have superpowers – we're brilliant!'
Sophie Willan
TV

Alma's Not Normal star Sophie Willan: 'Care experienced people have superpowers – we're brilliant!'

My brother died because drug dealers took advantage of his autism. He was told he wasn't disabled enough
Child holding onto adult's hands
Care experience

My brother died because drug dealers took advantage of his autism. He was told he wasn't disabled enough

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