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Meet the rebel Labour MPs voting against disability benefit cuts: 'I don't want to be part of it'

Meet the rebel Labour MPs voting against disability benefit cuts: 'I don't want to be part of it'
Letters: Labour is redefining what it means to be disabled to satisfy Rachel Reeves

Letters: Labour is redefining what it means to be disabled to satisfy Rachel Reeves
Inside the Big Issue: Does Rosie Jones make you laugh?

Inside the Big Issue: Does Rosie Jones make you laugh?
Council tries to evict food bank – despite referring 95% of its users: 'There is nowhere to go'

Council tries to evict food bank – despite referring 95% of its users: 'There is nowhere to go'
Financial inequality: Understanding the gender gap in money matters – and how to close it

Financial inequality: Understanding the gender gap in money matters – and how to close it
Scrap two-child benefit cap if you're serious about child poverty, Rachel Reeves told

Scrap two-child benefit cap if you're serious about child poverty, Rachel Reeves told
Labour pledge to end use of asylum hotels 'good for refugees, the taxpayer and communities'

Labour pledge to end use of asylum hotels 'good for refugees, the taxpayer and communities'
Labour reveals £1bn plan to replace household support fund for poorest families

Labour reveals £1bn plan to replace household support fund for poorest families
Politicians need to recognise self-evident truths – or else we risk going deeper into poverty

Politicians need to recognise self-evident truths – or else we risk going deeper into poverty
Majority of pensioners to get winter fuel payment: 'Finally the chancellor has seen sense'

Majority of pensioners to get winter fuel payment: 'Finally the chancellor has seen sense'
Benefit cuts will have 'catastrophic impact' on mentally ill people: 'Some will struggle to survive'

Benefit cuts will have 'catastrophic impact' on mentally ill people: 'Some will struggle to survive'
Homelessness in Northern Ireland more than doubles in a decade: 'People have no other option'

Homelessness in Northern Ireland more than doubles in a decade: 'People have no other option'
DWP warned benefit claimants are dying of starvation

DWP warned benefit claimants are dying of starvation
Reforming the two-child benefit cap could lift 230,000 under-fives out of poverty, Labour told

Reforming the two-child benefit cap could lift 230,000 under-fives out of poverty, Labour told
Starmer's U-turn on winter fuel payment cuts 'long overdue' – but thousands could still miss out

Starmer's U-turn on winter fuel payment cuts 'long overdue' – but thousands could still miss out
Food banks urge Labour to rethink benefit cuts amid 'heartbreaking' surge in demand

Food banks urge Labour to rethink benefit cuts amid 'heartbreaking' surge in demand
Keir Starmer promised to end food bank Britain. Now it feels nothing more than a pipe dream

Keir Starmer promised to end food bank Britain. Now it feels nothing more than a pipe dream
Starmer not doing enough to tackle child poverty, Welsh minister says at Big Issue debate

Starmer not doing enough to tackle child poverty, Welsh minister says at Big Issue debate
The UK state pension is failing older people. We need change to protect pensioners

The UK state pension is failing older people. We need change to protect pensioners
Talent is everywhere in Britain – the crushing truth is that opportunity is not
