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More than 1.5 million children affected by 'problem gambling', report finds: 'It can affect anyone'
Problem gambling

More than 1.5 million children affected by 'problem gambling', report finds: 'It can affect anyone'

Tony Blair thinks the DWP could be automated by AI. Here's why that's so dangerous
Former prime minister Tony Blair
Susannah Copson

Tony Blair thinks the DWP could be automated by AI. Here's why that's so dangerous

DWP cuts off benefits for 280,000 people over universal credit change: 'This is extremely worrying'
DWP
Benefits

DWP cuts off benefits for 280,000 people over universal credit change: 'This is extremely worrying'

Social media helped the far-right mobilise quickly – but it can also bring the rest of us together
UK riots: A police riot van burns at a far-right riot in Southport
UK riots

Social media helped the far-right mobilise quickly – but it can also bring the rest of us together

Interest rates have been cut for the first time in more than four years. What does it mean for you?
bank of england
Bank of England

Interest rates have been cut for the first time in more than four years. What does it mean for you?

How AI might accelerate the onset of a universal basic income
Paul McNamee

How AI might accelerate the onset of a universal basic income

Winter fuel payments restricted to pensioners on certain benefits
rachel reeves
Benefits

Winter fuel payments restricted to pensioners on certain benefits

I took out loans and maxed out credit cards to fund my gambling addiction. I ended up homeless
Gambling

I took out loans and maxed out credit cards to fund my gambling addiction. I ended up homeless

How can we solve the UK's debt problem?
Cost of living crisis/ Image of a piggy bank
Vikki Brownridge

How can we solve the UK's debt problem?

Homeless people face being locked out of public toilets due to card-only payments
A sign advertising the use of public toilets for £3
Public toilets

Homeless people face being locked out of public toilets due to card-only payments

Premier League clubs step up gambling sponsorship on front of shirts ahead of ban: 'It's shameful'
A montage of Premier League shirts from Brentford, Everton, Southampton, Nottingham Forest, and Crystal Palace, over a pixellated backdrop of Wembley Stadium as Southampton FC returned to the Premier League
Exclusive

Premier League clubs step up gambling sponsorship on front of shirts ahead of ban: 'It's shameful'

I was in a violent relationship. I wouldn't have got free without financial help
Person using ATM
Financial inclusion

I was in a violent relationship. I wouldn't have got free without financial help

Voter ID rules are racist – let’s get rid of them once and for all
voter ID, local elections 2023
Alba Kapoor

Voter ID rules are racist – let’s get rid of them once and for all

Nearly half of UK adults are in financial difficulty
Stock image of bank notes with pound coins
Debt

Nearly half of UK adults are in financial difficulty

This is the 'most disproportionate parliament in history'. Has the time come for electoral reform?
Electoral reform

This is the 'most disproportionate parliament in history'. Has the time come for electoral reform?

DWP's 'automation' of universal credit discriminates against single mums, researchers say
benefits/ money
Universal credit

DWP's 'automation' of universal credit discriminates against single mums, researchers say

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation is an eerie prediction of our surveillance age
Film

Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation is an eerie prediction of our surveillance age

Opinion polls are an important cog in our democracy – but the only poll that counts is election day
A polling station sign hangs on a wire fence outside a building
Jane Frost

Opinion polls are an important cog in our democracy – but the only poll that counts is election day

Zoë Wanamaker on Donald Trump, 'right-wing a**holes' and why we all should be kinder to one another
zoe wanamaker
Social justice

Zoë Wanamaker on Donald Trump, 'right-wing a**holes' and why we all should be kinder to one another

Tory election betting scandal is grim – but vulnerable people are gambling's real victims
Gambling

Tory election betting scandal is grim – but vulnerable people are gambling's real victims

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