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Labour's next round of benefit cuts risks hitting 600,000 disabled people
Prime minister Keir Starmer
Welfare

Labour's next round of benefit cuts risks hitting 600,000 disabled people

'The threat and application of sanctions looms large for standard universal credit claimants'
Five-week universal credit wait for claimants is a baffling own goal – here's the proof
looking down on a table that has a notebook open on it alongside a pen, calculator and an apple // housing benefit
Juliette Flach

Five-week universal credit wait for claimants is a baffling own goal – here's the proof

Most people with ADHD do not tell their employer – here's why we must break the silence
Photo shows a man working on a laptop with his head in one hand
Louise Ansari

Most people with ADHD do not tell their employer – here's why we must break the silence

I've had to appeal every single one of my PIP claims – the system is in dire need of improvement
Benefits

I've had to appeal every single one of my PIP claims – the system is in dire need of improvement

Homeless people risk losing benefits if they don't move to universal credit, DWP warns
Universal credit

Homeless people risk losing benefits if they don't move to universal credit, DWP warns

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'Getting benefits eased pressure on my family': £9.6bn of universal credit went unclaimed in the last 12 months
universal credit
Benefits

'Getting benefits eased pressure on my family': £9.6bn of universal credit went unclaimed in the last 12 months

Five key things you need to know about PIP
A person filling out a form
Disability benefits

Five key things you need to know about PIP

The UK has a fertility crisis – here's how we solve it
Stock image of a pregnant person's baby bump
Professor Geeta Nargund

The UK has a fertility crisis – here's how we solve it

Travelling for work shouldn't be a postcode lottery – but our transport system makes it one
A bus stop at Nailsea
Clive Wratten

Travelling for work shouldn't be a postcode lottery – but our transport system makes it one

Mark was homeless and sleeping in his car. Now he's just graduated with a first-class degree
Swansea University graduate and former homeless man Mark Eaton-Lees
Homelessness

Mark was homeless and sleeping in his car. Now he's just graduated with a first-class degree

'It will be a crisis': Adult social care pushed to the brink by government's overseas care worker ban
social care
Social care

'It will be a crisis': Adult social care pushed to the brink by government's overseas care worker ban

DWP penalises universal credit claimant despite getting new job: 'Congratulations – you're sanctioned'
jobcentre plus/ dwp
Universal credit

DWP penalises universal credit claimant despite getting new job: 'Congratulations – you're sanctioned'

Forget Xenomorphs: The real threat in Alien was wage inequality and corporate greed
FIlm

Forget Xenomorphs: The real threat in Alien was wage inequality and corporate greed

I'm the HR director of a water company. We've got to make some changes in the world
Severn Trent workers.
Neil Morrison

I'm the HR director of a water company. We've got to make some changes in the world

How cancer patients could suffer after Labour's cuts to universal credit
Dr Millie Light
Millie Light

How cancer patients could suffer after Labour's cuts to universal credit

Sex workers 'trapped' in prostitution by 'unjust' police cautions: 'It stopped me from having a career'
Criminal justice

Sex workers 'trapped' in prostitution by 'unjust' police cautions: 'It stopped me from having a career'

Here's why it could be time to embrace the four-day week
Paul McNamee

Here's why it could be time to embrace the four-day week

Migrant workers are holding Britain together – but we're still treated like we don't belong
social care crisis sees care workers experiencing low pay
Munya Radzi

Migrant workers are holding Britain together – but we're still treated like we don't belong

The simple reason employers must publish salaries on job adverts
Nyree Ambarchian

The simple reason employers must publish salaries on job adverts

Disabled people warn of brutal 'secret' cuts to DWP Access to Work support: 'It's been horrific'
Access to work

Disabled people warn of brutal 'secret' cuts to DWP Access to Work support: 'It's been horrific'

Votes at 16 is a victory for young people – but true democratic empowerment is still some way off
Matteo Bergamini

Votes at 16 is a victory for young people – but true democratic empowerment is still some way off

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The 2012 Olympics promised to regenerate East London. What went wrong?
Regeneration

The 2012 Olympics promised to regenerate East London. What went wrong?

As an autistic teen I depended on the benefits system – we're all at risk if harmful reforms go ahead
Diane Johnson

As an autistic teen I depended on the benefits system – we're all at risk if harmful reforms go ahead

Zelda Perkins, Harvey Weinstein's ex-assistant, applauds UK's NDA ban: 'It's given me faith in democracy'
Workers' rights

Zelda Perkins, Harvey Weinstein's ex-assistant, applauds UK's NDA ban: 'It's given me faith in democracy'

Benefits for unpaid carers and those they care for are intrinsically linked – Labour is failing both
Emily Holzhausen

Benefits for unpaid carers and those they care for are intrinsically linked – Labour is failing both