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Even Nigel Farage wants to scrap the two-child benefit cap. When will Labour see sense?
General election 2024

Even Nigel Farage wants to scrap the two-child benefit cap. When will Labour see sense?

Labour manifesto's 'vague' plans on homelessness unpicked: 'Next to nothing for those on the margins'
Labour leader Keir Starmer
General election 2024

Labour manifesto's 'vague' plans on homelessness unpicked: 'Next to nothing for those on the margins'

Key takeaways from Labour's manifesto pledges for work, benefits and disability rights
Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner on the first day of the general election campaign
General election 2024

Key takeaways from Labour's manifesto pledges for work, benefits and disability rights

John Bird – Response to the Labour manifesto
Labour leader Keir Starmer launches manifesto including promises to fix the housing crisis
Press Release

John Bird – Response to the Labour manifesto

Labour manifesto: What we learned about Keir Starmer's plan to end the UK's housing crisis
Labour leader Keir Starmer launches manifesto including promises to fix the housing crisis
General election 2024

Labour manifesto: What we learned about Keir Starmer's plan to end the UK's housing crisis

'It's crisis point': Social housing waiting list will cost next government £205bn to clear
building social housing
Social housing

'It's crisis point': Social housing waiting list will cost next government £205bn to clear

Will Labour's private school tax plan 'destroy the state sector'? Obviously not, experts insist
Private schools

Will Labour's private school tax plan 'destroy the state sector'? Obviously not, experts insist

Sunak calls general election for 4 July: 'It's time to put a limping government out of its misery'
General election 2024

Sunak calls general election for 4 July: 'It's time to put a limping government out of its misery'

Tories are gloating that cost of living crisis is over – they're wrong: 'The country is going backwards'
unclaimed benefits/ dwp
Cost of living crisis

Tories are gloating that cost of living crisis is over – they're wrong: 'The country is going backwards'

Labour promises wave of new towns if elected. But will they make a dent in UK's housing crisis?
Angela Rayner announces Labour new town plan
Housing

Labour promises wave of new towns if elected. But will they make a dent in UK's housing crisis?

Archbishop of Canterbury joins growing calls for end to 'cruel' and 'immoral' two-child benefit cap
archbishop of canterbury
Two-child benefit cap

Archbishop of Canterbury joins growing calls for end to 'cruel' and 'immoral' two-child benefit cap

Letters: I'm terrified Labour will be as unfair as the Tories on disability benefits
Labour leader Keir Starmer
Letters

Letters: I'm terrified Labour will be as unfair as the Tories on disability benefits

All of Keir Starmer’s U-turns and abandoned policy pledges, from child benefits to private schools
Keir Starmer, U-turn, broken promises
Labour

All of Keir Starmer’s U-turns and abandoned policy pledges, from child benefits to private schools

Labour's workers' rights plan slammed as 'unrecognisable' and a 'betrayal' by Unite union boss
Keir Starmer Labour Levelling Up
Workers' rights

Labour's workers' rights plan slammed as 'unrecognisable' and a 'betrayal' by Unite union boss

Tories seem to think pandering to the extreme right is a vote-winner. But where's the evidence?
Adam Barnett

Tories seem to think pandering to the extreme right is a vote-winner. But where's the evidence?

No-fault evictions will be scrapped 'in name only' under Tory renting reforms, campaigners warn
London Renters Union activists protest against Michael Gove and Renters Reform Bill
RENTING

No-fault evictions will be scrapped 'in name only' under Tory renting reforms, campaigners warn

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
UK housing crisis is so bad that some people waiting 55 years for a social home: 'We need change'
social housing in England
Social housing

UK housing crisis is so bad that some people waiting 55 years for a social home: 'We need change'

Labour unveils plan for new housing on 'ugly grey belt land'. But is Starmer going far enough?
Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner announce new grey belt Labour housebuilding plan
Housing crisis

Labour unveils plan for new housing on 'ugly grey belt land'. But is Starmer going far enough?

'Consign it to history': Sadiq Khan pledges to end rough sleeping in London by 2030
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is calling for more support for renters
Rough Sleeping

'Consign it to history': Sadiq Khan pledges to end rough sleeping in London by 2030

'Fund the NHS properly': Private sector is not the answer, Wes Streeting told, amid funding row
Health

'Fund the NHS properly': Private sector is not the answer, Wes Streeting told, amid funding row

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