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What Cardiff University's Kazakhstan campus tell us about the state of British higher education
Education

What Cardiff University's Kazakhstan campus tell us about the state of British higher education

Why are so many UK universities opening branches overseas – and what does it tell us about their finances?
Patients are dying and facing 'horrible tragedies' due to Manchester's mental health care crisis, staff say
NHS workers in Manchester strike
Mental health

Patients are dying and facing 'horrible tragedies' due to Manchester's mental health care crisis, staff say

How worried should we really be about schools closing in London?
school children at desks
Schools

How worried should we really be about schools closing in London?

Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: 'I can't make it make sense'
Access to Work

Disabled woman forced to quit job she loves after DWP support slashed: 'I can't make it make sense'

Labour must do the hard work of making employment accessible – instead of cutting benefits
Mikey Erhardt

Labour must do the hard work of making employment accessible – instead of cutting benefits

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
DWP payment dates in June 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
A DWP Jobcentre
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP payment dates in June 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

'It's a vicious cycle': Labour's benefit cuts could push people with MS out of work, report finds
Liz Kendall
Multiple sclerosis

'It's a vicious cycle': Labour's benefit cuts could push people with MS out of work, report finds

We need to change the way we talk about benefits if we're ever going to rebuild trust in the system
Lucy Bannister

We need to change the way we talk about benefits if we're ever going to rebuild trust in the system

The UK state pension is failing older people. We need change to protect pensioners
pensioner with his head in his hands
Joanna Elson

The UK state pension is failing older people. We need change to protect pensioners

'Dangerous' DWP needs 'deep-rooted change' to stop benefit claimants from dying, damning report finds
dwp
Benefits

'Dangerous' DWP needs 'deep-rooted change' to stop benefit claimants from dying, damning report finds

Talent is everywhere in Britain – the crushing truth is that opportunity is not
An aerial shot of central London
Rebecca Montacute

Talent is everywhere in Britain – the crushing truth is that opportunity is not

The real Living Wage is a win-win for workers and businesses – here's why
Katherine Chapman

The real Living Wage is a win-win for workers and businesses – here's why

Keir Starmer is booting migrants out of his vision for workers' rights
Keir Starmer
Dr Dora-Olivia Vicol

Keir Starmer is booting migrants out of his vision for workers' rights

This Prince William-backed project helps homeless young people into careers: 'I want to work my way up'
Prince William
Work

This Prince William-backed project helps homeless young people into careers: 'I want to work my way up'

Skins star on how OnlyFans changed her life: 'I was earning a living wage for the first time'
Sex work

Skins star on how OnlyFans changed her life: 'I was earning a living wage for the first time'

I'm a Labour MP. This is why I can't support Starmer's benefits cuts
Prime minister Keir Starmer
Paula Barker MP

I'm a Labour MP. This is why I can't support Starmer's benefits cuts

Author Rutger Bregman on his million-euro giveaway and how ordinary people can change the world
Dutch author Rutger Bregman
Books

Author Rutger Bregman on his million-euro giveaway and how ordinary people can change the world

Women in the North miss out on £158m in wages every week compared to rest of England
Manchester
Women

Women in the North miss out on £158m in wages every week compared to rest of England

Revealed: DWP has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other UK employer
dwp offices
Employment

Revealed: DWP has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other UK employer

DWP payment dates in May 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
UK money
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP payment dates in May 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

Unions are getting 'more powerful' as young, LGBTQ+ and disabled people eye up membership
Protesters hold up flags and placards at a protest in London on October 1, 2022.
unions

Unions are getting 'more powerful' as young, LGBTQ+ and disabled people eye up membership

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Mum-of-two shares experience of 'dehumanising' DWP benefits system: 'It could kill somebody'
Image of Naomi Lihou
Benefits

Mum-of-two shares experience of 'dehumanising' DWP benefits system: 'It could kill somebody'

UK's 'cruel' benefits system is 'ruining lives' and 'violating human rights', Amnesty report finds
keir starmer walking
Benefits

UK's 'cruel' benefits system is 'ruining lives' and 'violating human rights', Amnesty report finds

LGBTQ+ inclusion doesn't just benefit certain Brits – it helps all of us
pride flags being waved at a Pride celebration
Dominic Arnall

LGBTQ+ inclusion doesn't just benefit certain Brits – it helps all of us

Migrant care worker left homeless after being 'exploited' UK employer: 'It's a national scandal'
Cardboard and a sleeping bag, on the church premises where Joseph is sleeping
Immigration

Migrant care worker left homeless after being 'exploited' UK employer: 'It's a national scandal'

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