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Delivery bikes outside hotels prove only one thing: The ban on work for asylum seekers must be lifted
Deliveroo delivery person on a bicycle
Nathan Philips

Delivery bikes outside hotels prove only one thing: The ban on work for asylum seekers must be lifted

Letters: None of what Labour is doing is perfect – but it's better than what went before
Labour prime minister Keir Starmer
Letters

Letters: None of what Labour is doing is perfect – but it's better than what went before

Life is more sparkly having a sister with Down's syndrome
Sophie and Emily Potter
Emily Potter and Sophie Potter

Life is more sparkly having a sister with Down's syndrome

Digital exclusion means millions are cut-off from the essentials of modern life. It must be fixed now
computers
Joel Tiller

Digital exclusion means millions are cut-off from the essentials of modern life. It must be fixed now

I'm a Labour MP and this is why I still can't support the government's disability benefits cuts
Cat Eccles MP

I'm a Labour MP and this is why I still can't support the government's disability benefits cuts

School in its traditional form didn't work for me – so I decided to homeschool myself
Chloe Jones

School in its traditional form didn't work for me – so I decided to homeschool myself

Benefit cuts are not a 'pathway to work' – they risk making people homeless
a blue tent pitched in a car park with a shopping trolley and plastic bags leaning against it
Emma Haddad

Benefit cuts are not a 'pathway to work' – they risk making people homeless

The Grenfell story is far from over
A sign saying
Olaide Sadiq

The Grenfell story is far from over

If we want to prevent modern slavery, we must start with preventing homelessness
Mick Clarke and Eleanor Lyons

If we want to prevent modern slavery, we must start with preventing homelessness

How youth charity OnSide gives a platform to the voices of the next generation
Jamie Masraff

How youth charity OnSide gives a platform to the voices of the next generation

Copying Nigel Farage gives him a credibility he hasn't earned
Reform UK leader and Clacton candidate Nigel Farage
Renaud Foucart

Copying Nigel Farage gives him a credibility he hasn't earned

Can Labour end the need for food banks? The new Crisis and Resilience Fund is a welcome start
food banks
Sabine Goodwin

Can Labour end the need for food banks? The new Crisis and Resilience Fund is a welcome start

The River Severn is drowning in tonnes of chicken muck. The High Court just threw it a lifeline
Emma Dearnaley

The River Severn is drowning in tonnes of chicken muck. The High Court just threw it a lifeline

This pharmacy prescribes words and poems to cure your tattered soul
Robin Ince

This pharmacy prescribes words and poems to cure your tattered soul

Scrapping the Vagrancy Act won't end the criminalisation of rough sleeping
a person rough sleeping on a wall
Benjamin Archer

Scrapping the Vagrancy Act won't end the criminalisation of rough sleeping

I worked with young offenders for years – positive role models could have changed everything for them
Co-founder of Butterfly Books Jason Bryan
Jason Bryan

I worked with young offenders for years – positive role models could have changed everything for them

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The Green Party leadership race comes at a crunch time for net zero – it's eco-populism or bust
Zack Polanski
Joe Brindle

The Green Party leadership race comes at a crunch time for net zero – it's eco-populism or bust

Poverty always gets our prime ministers in the end
John Bird

Poverty always gets our prime ministers in the end

I'm a gay asylum seeker – the UK's immigration system is designed to dehumanise people like me
immigration and refugeee rights protestors hold up placards reading:
Immigration

I'm a gay asylum seeker – the UK's immigration system is designed to dehumanise people like me

Having to go to a food bank sticks with you – it's time politicians knew about it
Trussell campaigner Amie Alissa Watson
Amie Alissa Watson

Having to go to a food bank sticks with you – it's time politicians knew about it