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Labour must increase housing benefit in autumn budget or risk making pensioners homeless
Pensioner Rob can't retire because he's renting
Joanna Elson

Labour must increase housing benefit in autumn budget or risk making pensioners homeless

Pushing mentally ill people from their hospital beds and into offices will only make things worse
Dr Claire Ashley

Pushing mentally ill people from their hospital beds and into offices will only make things worse

Poverty has become everyday. It's time to give our children some hope
Paul McNamee

Poverty has become everyday. It's time to give our children some hope

Health inequality starts in childhood. When will the national debate reflect that?
A small child's hand holds an adult's finger
Rachael McKeown

Health inequality starts in childhood. When will the national debate reflect that?

Wealth is increasingly in the hands of winners. It's why Labour must introduce a wealth tax
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been urged to extend rough sleeping funding to help homelessness services
Max Steuer

Wealth is increasingly in the hands of winners. It's why Labour must introduce a wealth tax

Rachel Reeves wants first-time buyers in London to pay £6,000 more. It's a punishment for the young
chancellor Rachel Reeves
Angus Hanton

Rachel Reeves wants first-time buyers in London to pay £6,000 more. It's a punishment for the young

Slavery reparations: A rose-tinted view of empire stops us seeing what we really owe the Caribbean
Eleanor Shearer

Slavery reparations: A rose-tinted view of empire stops us seeing what we really owe the Caribbean

The human cost of years of DWP and benefits reforms must not be ignored in Labour's budget
rachel reeves
Amanda Light

The human cost of years of DWP and benefits reforms must not be ignored in Labour's budget

Fin DAC: 'As a creator of public murals, I aspire to leave spaces brighter than I found them'
Fin DAC
Fin DAC

Fin DAC: 'As a creator of public murals, I aspire to leave spaces brighter than I found them'

This is what happened when I gave my phone to a stranger on the street
Robin Ince

This is what happened when I gave my phone to a stranger on the street

Poverty is the UK's biggest growth industry – and people are the collateral damage
John Bird

Poverty is the UK's biggest growth industry – and people are the collateral damage

Mr Loverman star Ariyon Bakare: 'The struggle for LGBTQ+ acceptance continues in the Caribbean community'
Lennie James and Ariyon Bakare in BBC1's Mr Loverman
Ariyon Bakare

Mr Loverman star Ariyon Bakare: 'The struggle for LGBTQ+ acceptance continues in the Caribbean community'

Disabled people are paid £2 an hour less at work. Here's how to change this grossly unfair situation
disabled people working/ disability pay gap
Harriet Edwards

Disabled people are paid £2 an hour less at work. Here's how to change this grossly unfair situation

Mr Starmer, your plan for the benefits bill is same nonsense the Tories would have come up with
Paul McNamee

Mr Starmer, your plan for the benefits bill is same nonsense the Tories would have come up with

Letters: We should scrap Trident so we can lift the two-child benefit cap
Letters

Letters: We should scrap Trident so we can lift the two-child benefit cap

Rachel Reeves should see that ending poverty is fiscally responsible. Here's why
rachel reeves
John Bird

Rachel Reeves should see that ending poverty is fiscally responsible. Here's why

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'I lost everything imaginable': Women in Gaza recall how a year of war has upended their lives
Shurooq and her children in the school-turned-shelter where they are living.
Shurooq, Asmaa and Raja

'I lost everything imaginable': Women in Gaza recall how a year of war has upended their lives

Rivals and the joy of Jilly Cooper: 'No other author writes about sex as freely or courageously'
David Tennant, Nafessa Williams and Aiden Turner in Rivals on Disney+
Daisy Buchanan

Rivals and the joy of Jilly Cooper: 'No other author writes about sex as freely or courageously'

DWP minister: 'Disability pay gap marks a decade of lost potential for disabled people'
Disability sign/ DWP PIP can help people with disabilities or illness pay for extra costs
Stephen Timms

DWP minister: 'Disability pay gap marks a decade of lost potential for disabled people'

Keir Starmer's promise to slash red tape and 'rip out bureaucracy' is a step backwards for Britain
Phoebe Clay

Keir Starmer's promise to slash red tape and 'rip out bureaucracy' is a step backwards for Britain

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