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Conflating sex work and sex trafficking is harmful and needs to stop, Labour told
anti violence against women graffiti says 'women deserve better'
Sex work

Conflating sex work and sex trafficking is harmful and needs to stop, Labour told

How we define 'sexual exploitation' is fuelling violence against women and girls
domestic abuse
Kimberley Hutchison

How we define 'sexual exploitation' is fuelling violence against women and girls

Labour wants to 'unleash the North Sea's clean energy future'. What does that mean for oil and gas?
North Sea

Labour wants to 'unleash the North Sea's clean energy future'. What does that mean for oil and gas?

Germany's extreme right profited from economic decline. Keir Starmer should take note
Jakob Hafele

Germany's extreme right profited from economic decline. Keir Starmer should take note

Comedian Babatunde Aléshé: 'My biggest regret? Not having therapy in my 20s'
Babatunde Aléshé
Big Questions

Comedian Babatunde Aléshé: 'My biggest regret? Not having therapy in my 20s'

Rail fares go up year after year – but it doesn't have to be this way. It's time to fix fares for good
Michael Solomon Williams

Rail fares go up year after year – but it doesn't have to be this way. It's time to fix fares for good

Strictly star JB Gill: 'Pigs all have their own character. Same with the turkeys'
Farming

Strictly star JB Gill: 'Pigs all have their own character. Same with the turkeys'

After turning down a Bitcoin booty, one city council's cuts tell the story of broke Britain
the view from newport's transporter bridge
Public services

After turning down a Bitcoin booty, one city council's cuts tell the story of broke Britain

Why Starmer's cuts to UK aid budget will hurt both at home and abroad
Department for International Development workers delivering UK aid
Khusbu Patel

Why Starmer's cuts to UK aid budget will hurt both at home and abroad

Vast majority of Brits feel powerless over local decisions – and it's eroding trust in politics
A man in an orange jacket stands with his arm out while three people look in the background
Communities

Vast majority of Brits feel powerless over local decisions – and it's eroding trust in politics

UN calls on Labour to increase benefits and scrap two-child limit in UK poverty crisis warning
Prime minister Keir Starmer
Human rights

UN calls on Labour to increase benefits and scrap two-child limit in UK poverty crisis warning

This innovative scheme uses spare rooms to house homeless refugees after Home Office backlog blitz
Housing Justice refugee lodgings programme
Refugee homelessness

This innovative scheme uses spare rooms to house homeless refugees after Home Office backlog blitz

Polar ice is crucial to life as we know it – here's why
Climate change

Polar ice is crucial to life as we know it – here's why

Here's how Labour can work with 'NIMBYs' to fulfil its 1.5m homes promise
Housing in the UK
Liz Williams

Here's how Labour can work with 'NIMBYs' to fulfil its 1.5m homes promise

Toxic Town star Jodie Whittaker on justice, Doctor Who and why she's always 'on the brink of panic'
TV

Toxic Town star Jodie Whittaker on justice, Doctor Who and why she's always 'on the brink of panic'

As progress marches on, young LGBT+ people need help to avoid being left behind
Laura Mackay

As progress marches on, young LGBT+ people need help to avoid being left behind

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Reform UK's climate denialism could devastate the very towns and cities they want to represent
Nigel Farage giving a speech
David Laister

Reform UK's climate denialism could devastate the very towns and cities they want to represent

'Heartbreak' for millions of Brits as energy bills to rise by more than expected from April
hob
Energy bills

'Heartbreak' for millions of Brits as energy bills to rise by more than expected from April

How investing in one-stop shops to fix UK's horror homes could pay for itself
DIY
Housing

How investing in one-stop shops to fix UK's horror homes could pay for itself

Most households paying £750 a year more for energy bills than before cost of living crisis
Energy meter
Energy bills

Most households paying £750 a year more for energy bills than before cost of living crisis

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