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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

Women in the North are earning less, living shorter lives and are more likely to be out of work due to long-term sickness than women living in other parts of England, according to Health Equity North's latest figures
I'm 18 and bed bound with long Covid. This is what it's like to be held hostage by your own body
Emily-May Stephenson

I'm 18 and bed bound with long Covid. This is what it's like to be held hostage by your own body

Labour's benefits cuts are short-sighted, whatever way you look at it
keir starmer
Paul McNamee

Labour's benefits cuts are short-sighted, whatever way you look at it

Why are so many people off work sick? Labour told not to forget the pandemic ahead of benefit cuts
Five years since the pandemic

Why are so many people off work sick? Labour told not to forget the pandemic ahead of benefit cuts

Long-term sickness cannot be fixed by tightening 'harsh' disability benefits system, experts warn
Benefits

Long-term sickness cannot be fixed by tightening 'harsh' disability benefits system, experts warn

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DWP is 'penalising' terminally ill people for 'not dying fast enough', campaigner warns
Mark Hughes
Benefits

DWP is 'penalising' terminally ill people for 'not dying fast enough', campaigner warns

More people are off work sick than ever before
Employment

More people are off work sick than ever before

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