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How do we stop AI becoming an 'engine of inequality', and make it a force for good?
Artificial intelligence

How do we stop AI becoming an 'engine of inequality', and make it a force for good?

Children are poor because their mothers are poor. But is Labour serious about tackling it?
Starmer and Phillipson at a school
Dr Sara Reis

Children are poor because their mothers are poor. But is Labour serious about tackling it?

It's been a decade since UK inflation fell to 0%. Here's why that's 'actually quite a bad thing'
Images of George Osborne and Rachel Reeves holding the budget box. Images: Flickr/ HM Treasury
Inflation

It's been a decade since UK inflation fell to 0%. Here's why that's 'actually quite a bad thing'

Labour says new energy efficiency rules for landlords will save renters £240 a year on bills
Environment secretary Ed Miliband
Energy bills

Labour says new energy efficiency rules for landlords will save renters £240 a year on bills

Homelessness doesn't hibernate. But ending it could be a vote-winner for all politicians
people experiencing homelessness also face stigma
Matthew Torbitt

Homelessness doesn't hibernate. But ending it could be a vote-winner for all politicians

Uncertainty around disability benefit cuts is triggering bipolar symptoms, experts warn
Simon Kitchen

Uncertainty around disability benefit cuts is triggering bipolar symptoms, experts warn

Labour warned 'one size doesn't fit all' over plan to 'help' neurodivergent people on benefits into work
Person shown working at a laptop
Employment

Labour warned 'one size doesn't fit all' over plan to 'help' neurodivergent people on benefits into work

Block Thames Water bailout to save customers hundreds, High Court urged: 'We're being stuffed'
Thames Water

Block Thames Water bailout to save customers hundreds, High Court urged: 'We're being stuffed'

Why Rachel Reeves' reservoir plans are 'far from a solution to UK's water challenges'
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Water

Why Rachel Reeves' reservoir plans are 'far from a solution to UK's water challenges'

MPs and voters agree that there is a housing crisis – but they're split on how to solve it
chancellor Rachel Reeves
Housing crisis

MPs and voters agree that there is a housing crisis – but they're split on how to solve it

The sewage crisis is your fault: How water firms use same deceptive tactics as Big Oil and Big Tobacco
sewage
Sewage crisis

The sewage crisis is your fault: How water firms use same deceptive tactics as Big Oil and Big Tobacco

'Dystopian': Rachel Reeves backs third Heathrow runway. What will it mean for the planet?
Climate crisis

'Dystopian': Rachel Reeves backs third Heathrow runway. What will it mean for the planet?

Growth and jobs or a net zero nightmare? Why there's so much opposition to Heathrow's third runway
Heathrow Airport

Growth and jobs or a net zero nightmare? Why there's so much opposition to Heathrow's third runway

Disability benefits cuts would be 'devastating' and 'increase absolute poverty', Labour warned
Keir Starmer at a lectern in front of UK flags
Disability benefits

Disability benefits cuts would be 'devastating' and 'increase absolute poverty', Labour warned

The care system fails millions of disabled people – we can't wait till 2028 for the government to act
a disability rights poster
Mikey Erhardt

The care system fails millions of disabled people – we can't wait till 2028 for the government to act

Labour triples emergency funding to help rough sleepers in freezing temperatures
Crisis chief executive Matt Downie with housing secretary Angela Rayner and homelessness minister Rushanara Ali
Homelessness

Labour triples emergency funding to help rough sleepers in freezing temperatures

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Wages outside of London and South East are worse now than in 2008 – can Labour turn things around?
Andrew Carter

Wages outside of London and South East are worse now than in 2008 – can Labour turn things around?

London workers earn in 8 months what Burnley workers do in a year. It's hurting UK growth
An aerial shot of central London
Wages

London workers earn in 8 months what Burnley workers do in a year. It's hurting UK growth

Government rejects MPs' bid to cap record-high rents as Renters' Rights Bill passes through Commons
Labour housing minister Matthew Pennycook
RENTING

Government rejects MPs' bid to cap record-high rents as Renters' Rights Bill passes through Commons

Labour's rental reforms not doing enough for disabled tenants, MPs and campaigners warn
Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner
Renters' Rights Bill

Labour's rental reforms not doing enough for disabled tenants, MPs and campaigners warn