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Last Christmas I was in prison. This year I'm working in a London fine-dining restaurant
Christmas

Last Christmas I was in prison. This year I'm working in a London fine-dining restaurant

It will take Labour time to rebuild trust in the DWP, Jobcentres and the benefits system
Liz Kendall
Meagan Levin

It will take Labour time to rebuild trust in the DWP, Jobcentres and the benefits system

Labour has declared 'war on benefits'. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing
A meeting of the child poverty taskforce. From left to right: Mayor of the North East Kim McGuinness, work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall and education secretary Bridget Phillippson.
Catherine Parsons

Labour has declared 'war on benefits'. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing

'Get Britain Working' risks becoming empty words without urgent reforms to the benefits system
work and pensions secretary liz kendall announces her plan to 'get britain working'
Anela Anwar

'Get Britain Working' risks becoming empty words without urgent reforms to the benefits system

Get Britain Working: What are Labour's plans for the DWP, benefits and employment support?
Stock image of a Job Centre Plus sign
Department for Work and Pensions

Get Britain Working: What are Labour's plans for the DWP, benefits and employment support?

Benefit claimants need enough money to buy food if Labour wants to 'get Britain working again'
dwp's liz kendall
Benefits

Benefit claimants need enough money to buy food if Labour wants to 'get Britain working again'

Labour warned against 'scare tactics' after revealing Jobcentres reform plan to 'get Britain working'
keir starmer
Department for Work and Pensions

Labour warned against 'scare tactics' after revealing Jobcentres reform plan to 'get Britain working'

Keir Starmer's pledge on benefits 'deepens stigma' and leads to 'fear and shame'
keir starmer
Benefits

Keir Starmer's pledge on benefits 'deepens stigma' and leads to 'fear and shame'

Millions of lost jobs or a four-day working week? The impact of AI on the job market is complicated
Artificial Intelligence

Millions of lost jobs or a four-day working week? The impact of AI on the job market is complicated

Pushing mentally ill people from their hospital beds and into offices will only make things worse
Dr Claire Ashley

Pushing mentally ill people from their hospital beds and into offices will only make things worse

Pay rise for thousands of workers as Real Living Wage rises to £12.60 an hour – but is it enough?
real living wage

Pay rise for thousands of workers as Real Living Wage rises to £12.60 an hour – but is it enough?

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

DWP wants to send job coaches into mental health hospitals. Here's why it's a 'dangerous' idea
Employment

DWP wants to send job coaches into mental health hospitals. Here's why it's a 'dangerous' idea

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'

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?

'Biggest upgrade to worker rights' or 'chaotic rush job'?: Labour's employment rights bill, explained
Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, and Luke Charters, Labour’s candidate for York Outer, speak to apprentices at Persimmon Homes Germany Beck in York.
Employment rights bill

'Biggest upgrade to worker rights' or 'chaotic rush job'?: Labour's employment rights bill, explained

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
What to expect from Labour's plans for workers' rights – and why the 'devil will be in the detail'
Employment Rights Bill

What to expect from Labour's plans for workers' rights – and why the 'devil will be in the detail'

Home Kitchen: Inside the world's first fine-dining restaurant staffed by homeless chefs
Homelessness

Home Kitchen: Inside the world's first fine-dining restaurant staffed by homeless chefs

AI skills will soon be as necessary for job seekers as Microsoft Word. Who will be left behind?
ai
Artificial Intelligence

AI skills will soon be as necessary for job seekers as Microsoft Word. Who will be left behind?

'This is not human': UK asylum system pushing refugees into 'homelessness and danger', report finds
Asylum seekers risked being left
Asylum system

'This is not human': UK asylum system pushing refugees into 'homelessness and danger', report finds

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