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Two-child benefit cap to be scrapped in Scotland as Labour challenged to 'step up' and follow suit
keir starmer and john swinney
Two-child benefit cap

Two-child benefit cap to be scrapped in Scotland as Labour challenged to 'step up' and follow suit

'Privatisation has failed' – will rail nationalisation make a difference? Yes, but not on its own
Stock image of a train
Nationalisation

'Privatisation has failed' – will rail nationalisation make a difference? Yes, but not on its own

'Disgraceful': Tories condemned for wasting £715m on sending no asylum seekers to Rwanda
Asylum seekers

'Disgraceful': Tories condemned for wasting £715m on sending no asylum seekers to Rwanda

We descended on Downing Street to demand an end to child poverty. This is what happened
the participants outside downing street
Jo Barker-Marsh and Ruth Patrick

We descended on Downing Street to demand an end to child poverty. This is what happened

A strong benefits system is the sign of a healthy society – and essential to ending child poverty
Child poverty
Joseph Howes

A strong benefits system is the sign of a healthy society – and essential to ending child poverty

Labour vow to end cladding crisis by 2029 leaves campaigners fearing 'living nightmare' will continue
Image of flats in London next to the Thames
Cladding crisis

Labour vow to end cladding crisis by 2029 leaves campaigners fearing 'living nightmare' will continue

Assisted dying is a step closer to being legalised – but are the safeguards tough enough?
kim leadbeater talking about her assisted dying bill
Assisted dying

Assisted dying is a step closer to being legalised – but are the safeguards tough enough?

Labour pledges billions to 'get Britain building' amid housebuilding slump
Labour housing minister Matthew Pennycook
Housebuilding

Labour pledges billions to 'get Britain building' amid housebuilding slump

Labour warned against 'scare tactics' after revealing Jobcentres reform plan to 'get Britain working'
keir starmer
Department for Work and Pensions

Labour warned against 'scare tactics' after revealing Jobcentres reform plan to 'get Britain working'

'Living is expensive': DWP winter fuel cuts forcing pensioners to choose between heating and eating
Chancellor Rachel Reeve standing at a podium and smiling
Winter fuel payment

'Living is expensive': DWP winter fuel cuts forcing pensioners to choose between heating and eating

'We must remove the shackles of stigma': Five ways Labour wants to shake-up Right to Buy
Labour deputy prime minister abd housing secretary Angela Rayner
Right to Buy

'We must remove the shackles of stigma': Five ways Labour wants to shake-up Right to Buy

'We'll have to get more militant': The real winners and losers from the farm inheritance tax debate
a tractor in a field
Farming

'We'll have to get more militant': The real winners and losers from the farm inheritance tax debate

Housing minister admits Labour's 1.5 million homes promise will be 'more difficult than expected'
Labour housing minister Matthew Pennycook
Housebuilding

Housing minister admits Labour's 1.5 million homes promise will be 'more difficult than expected'

Letters: Disabled people live in constant fear we will lose our benefits – which we need to survive
Letters

Letters: Disabled people live in constant fear we will lose our benefits – which we need to survive

Big Issue founder storms out of 'farce' rough sleeping inquiry: 'I've heard this for 30 years'
Big Issue founder Lord John Bird at a rough sleeping inquiry
Homelessness

Big Issue founder storms out of 'farce' rough sleeping inquiry: 'I've heard this for 30 years'

Millions of lost jobs or a four-day working week? The impact of AI on the job market is complicated
Artificial Intelligence

Millions of lost jobs or a four-day working week? The impact of AI on the job market is complicated

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Starmer pledges £3.5m to help homeless veterans ahead of Remembrance Day: 'We pay solemn tribute'
Prime minister Keir Starmer in 10 Downing Street with a veteran
Homelessness

Starmer pledges £3.5m to help homeless veterans ahead of Remembrance Day: 'We pay solemn tribute'

Labour government will 'leave no stone unturned to end national disgrace of record homelessness'
Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali

Labour government will 'leave no stone unturned to end national disgrace of record homelessness'

Labour must 'learn the lessons' of Donald Trump's election win – or face right-wing surge
US election

Labour must 'learn the lessons' of Donald Trump's election win – or face right-wing surge

Ending post-Grenfell cladding crisis could take until 2035 and beyond: 'Unacceptably slow'
Grenfell tower
Cladding crisis

Ending post-Grenfell cladding crisis could take until 2035 and beyond: 'Unacceptably slow'

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