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Could the government's disability benefit cuts be blocked by Labour MPs?
Keir Starmer
Disability benefits

Could the government's disability benefit cuts be blocked by Labour MPs?

More than 100 Labour MPs have backed an amendment calling for the disability benefit cuts to be blocked. Here's what it means for the government's plans for welfare reform
From the NHS to the DWP: UK's new data law will make your life 'radically different', minister says
Data

From the NHS to the DWP: UK's new data law will make your life 'radically different', minister says

School standards minister dodges question from disabled boy about future of his education
Onside Takeover

School standards minister dodges question from disabled boy about future of his education

Are we witnessing a turning point in how we tackle homelessness?
Matt Downie

Are we witnessing a turning point in how we tackle homelessness?

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

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Labour rejects Big Issue founder's bid to set legally binding child poverty reduction targets
Crossbench peer and Big Issue founder Lord John Bird
Child poverty

Labour rejects Big Issue founder's bid to set legally binding child poverty reduction targets

Poverty always gets our prime ministers in the end
John Bird

Poverty always gets our prime ministers in the end

Inside the Big Issue: Does Rosie Jones make you laugh?
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Does Rosie Jones make you laugh?

Keir Starmer might not have 'rizz' – but maybe we should give him a chance
Sam Delaney

Keir Starmer might not have 'rizz' – but maybe we should give him a chance

Scrap two-child benefit cap if you're serious about child poverty, Rachel Reeves told
Rachel Reeves
Two-child benefit cap

Scrap two-child benefit cap if you're serious about child poverty, Rachel Reeves told

Auto-enrol eligible children for free school meals to end 'postcode lottery', government told
Stock image of children eating a school meal
Free school meals

Auto-enrol eligible children for free school meals to end 'postcode lottery', government told

What was in Rachel Reeves' historic spending review – and what was missing?
Rachel Reeves
Spending review

What was in Rachel Reeves' historic spending review – and what was missing?

Rachel Reeves announces 'biggest cash injection into social housing in 50 years'
Darren Jones and Rachel Reeves prepare for the spending review
Spending review

Rachel Reeves announces 'biggest cash injection into social housing in 50 years'

Politicians need to recognise self-evident truths – or else we risk going deeper into poverty
Gavin Oldham

Politicians need to recognise self-evident truths – or else we risk going deeper into poverty

Letters: My middle-class, lifelong Labour-voting friends are turning to Reform UK
Letters

Letters: My middle-class, lifelong Labour-voting friends are turning to Reform UK

'How many more children must die?': British Palestinians plead with UK to act as Gaza's people starve
A protest for Gaza and Palestine outside Wesminister.
Gaza

'How many more children must die?': British Palestinians plead with UK to act as Gaza's people starve

Inside another week of peril for Thames Water while England drowns in raw sewage
Cat Hobbs

Inside another week of peril for Thames Water while England drowns in raw sewage

'Starmer needs to be more scared of us than Reform': Zack Polanski on how the Greens can outflank Farage
Zack Polanski
Politics

'Starmer needs to be more scared of us than Reform': Zack Polanski on how the Greens can outflank Farage

All children on universal credit to get free school meals: 'It will take hunger out of classroom'
Broccoli in a serving hatch
Child poverty

All children on universal credit to get free school meals: 'It will take hunger out of classroom'

No, Keir Starmer, immigration isn't turning Britain into an 'island of strangers'. Here's why
Tim Naor Hilton

No, Keir Starmer, immigration isn't turning Britain into an 'island of strangers'. Here's why

Did Labour just abandon its promise for a fairer asylum system?
Alex Firth and Michael Garcia Bochenek

Did Labour just abandon its promise for a fairer asylum system?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: 'My first political meeting was being dragged to a Tory disco'
Letter To My Younger Self

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: 'My first political meeting was being dragged to a Tory disco'

The Reckoning – a play creating the crucible from which truth and justice can emerge
Theatre

The Reckoning – a play creating the crucible from which truth and justice can emerge

The UK's political map is changing almost overnight. Starmer will have to get tough
John Bird

The UK's political map is changing almost overnight. Starmer will have to get tough

Energy price cap fall is a 'massive relief' – but bills still remain punishingly high
Close Up Of Senior Woman In Wheelchair With Energy Bill By Radiator In Cost Of Living Energy Crisis
Energy bills

Energy price cap fall is a 'massive relief' – but bills still remain punishingly high

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