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How Labour's housebuilding target of 1.5 million new homes hinges on just six private companies
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How Labour's housebuilding target of 1.5 million new homes hinges on just six private companies
Recent takeovers and mergers have shaken up the private housebuilding sector. So what does this mean for the Labour government's bold vision?
Four problems Labour must solve to deliver the social housing Britain urgently needs
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Four problems Labour must solve to deliver the social housing Britain urgently needs
'Shameful stuff': Labour suspends seven rebel MPs who voted to end two-child benefit cap
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'Shameful stuff': Labour suspends seven rebel MPs who voted to end two-child benefit cap
Campaigners welcome closure of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge – but Labour faces calls to go further
Campaigners welcome closure of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge – but Labour faces calls to go further
Tories planned to spend £10bn on Rwanda scheme. From HS2 to benefits, here’s how it could be better spent
Tories planned to spend £10bn on Rwanda scheme. From HS2 to benefits, here’s how it could be better spent
Brits are the happiest they've been in a year. Here's why
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Brits are the happiest they've been in a year. Here's why
Inside the Big Issue: Rob Delaney on housing for nurses, Robin Hood politics and Deadpool
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Inside the Big Issue: Rob Delaney on housing for nurses, Robin Hood politics and Deadpool
Labour warned that crackdown on shoplifters risks 'criminalising' poverty: 'Some are out of options'
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Labour warned that crackdown on shoplifters risks 'criminalising' poverty: 'Some are out of options'
Marginalised, sceptical and locked out of housing: Why young people didn't vote in the general election
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Marginalised, sceptical and locked out of housing: Why young people didn't vote in the general election
Scrap two-child benefit cap to end child poverty, Labour told: 'Good intentions are not enough'
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Scrap two-child benefit cap to end child poverty, Labour told: 'Good intentions are not enough'
From two-child benefit cap to rough sleeping: Everything that's missing from the King's Speech
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From two-child benefit cap to rough sleeping: Everything that's missing from the King's Speech
Housing, benefits and railways: Key takeaways from Labour's first King's Speech
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Housing, benefits and railways: Key takeaways from Labour's first King's Speech
What will be in King's Speech? Here's 5 things to look out for – from benefits to conversion therapy
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What will be in King's Speech? Here's 5 things to look out for – from benefits to conversion therapy
Nearly half of UK adults are in financial difficulty
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Nearly half of UK adults are in financial difficulty
'Huge mandate': Brits of all political stripes want stronger rights for workers, poll finds
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'Huge mandate': Brits of all political stripes want stronger rights for workers, poll finds
From a new UK pilot to union backing: The four-day working week has never been closer to reality
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From a new UK pilot to union backing: The four-day working week has never been closer to reality
Letters: The DWP needs to be kind – instead of making people's lives difficult
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Letters: The DWP needs to be kind – instead of making people's lives difficult
Electric vehicle charge points to become centre of new privatisation row – unless Labour steps in
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Electric vehicle charge points to become centre of new privatisation row – unless Labour steps in
What is the National Wealth Fund? Inside Labour’s less sexy, technocratic replacement for the £28bn
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What is the National Wealth Fund? Inside Labour’s less sexy, technocratic replacement for the £28bn
Brits are losing faith that the NHS will be there when they need it. Here's what needs to change
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Brits are losing faith that the NHS will be there when they need it. Here's what needs to change
1.6 million children at risk of 'losing their life chances' because of 'cruel' two-child benefit cap
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1.6 million children at risk of 'losing their life chances' because of 'cruel' two-child benefit cap
One of the biggest crises facing the UK is barely talked about – the crisis of an ageing population
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One of the biggest crises facing the UK is barely talked about – the crisis of an ageing population
'Pull your finger out': Can Keir Starmer really deliver change for those crying out for it?
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'Pull your finger out': Can Keir Starmer really deliver change for those crying out for it?
How Starmer's new prisons minister James Timpson wants to change the way we lock people up
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How Starmer's new prisons minister James Timpson wants to change the way we lock people up
Who is Liz Kendall? Work and pensions secretary's beliefs and what she'll mean for the DWP
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