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Keir Starmer: 'I'd offer to pay if I saw a parent shoplifting baby formula'

Keir Starmer: 'I'd offer to pay if I saw a parent shoplifting baby formula'
Housing advice for people with learning disabilities: 'It's so important people know their rights'

Housing advice for people with learning disabilities: 'It's so important people know their rights'
Benefits, bills and safe routes for refugees: All the issues the major parties aren't talking about

Benefits, bills and safe routes for refugees: All the issues the major parties aren't talking about
Overgrown lads should act their age – even at a Liam Gallagher gig

Overgrown lads should act their age – even at a Liam Gallagher gig
This vegan restaurant offers workers with learning disabilities a pathway to independence

This vegan restaurant offers workers with learning disabilities a pathway to independence
'Music is an important creative outlet': IDLES answer questions from superfan with Angelman syndrome

'Music is an important creative outlet': IDLES answer questions from superfan with Angelman syndrome
Even though I have Down's syndrome, I know how to party. I'm the first and last on the dance floor

Even though I have Down's syndrome, I know how to party. I'm the first and last on the dance floor
'Out of touch': Rishi Sunak urged everyone to 'buy British' food – but there are several big problems

'Out of touch': Rishi Sunak urged everyone to 'buy British' food – but there are several big problems
People with learning disabilities need to make their voices heard on election day

People with learning disabilities need to make their voices heard on election day
I have terminal cancer and a learning disability. Life would be miserable without my social care worker

I have terminal cancer and a learning disability. Life would be miserable without my social care worker
'I want to get out': The fight for people with learning disabilities to live at home – not hospitals

'I want to get out': The fight for people with learning disabilities to live at home – not hospitals
Special Olympian and COALPIT Welsh Cake founder Michael Benyon shares his favourite recipes

Special Olympian and COALPIT Welsh Cake founder Michael Benyon shares his favourite recipes
How world's first drag troupe with Down's syndrome is breaking boundaries for people with disabilities

How world's first drag troupe with Down's syndrome is breaking boundaries for people with disabilities
One in five Brits say they feel 'reluctant' just talking to someone with a learning disability

One in five Brits say they feel 'reluctant' just talking to someone with a learning disability
Paralympian Jessica-Jane Applegate on winning gold and being told she doesn't look disabled enough

Paralympian Jessica-Jane Applegate on winning gold and being told she doesn't look disabled enough
How outdated misconceptions about people with learning disabilities are holding society back

How outdated misconceptions about people with learning disabilities are holding society back
Inside the Big Issue: Learning Disability Week special edition

Inside the Big Issue: Learning Disability Week special edition
Big Issue partners with Mencap for special edition put together by people with learning disabilities

Big Issue partners with Mencap for special edition put together by people with learning disabilities
'It feels like performative empathy': Why opt out emails for Father's Day can make the grief worse

'It feels like performative empathy': Why opt out emails for Father's Day can make the grief worse
Why I'm silenced by the fear of being called a bigot
