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This week’s energy price rise is largest ‘since records began’
cost of living crisis
cost of living

This week’s energy price rise is largest ‘since records began’

You could be £1,100 a year worse off from Friday in cost of living surge
cost of living
cost of living crisis

You could be £1,100 a year worse off from Friday in cost of living surge

EU citizens miss out on work and housing because of 'failing' Home Office portal
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immigration

EU citizens miss out on work and housing because of 'failing' Home Office portal

SEND green paper: Ministers wrong to suggest culture is the problem in underfunded schools, say experts
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schools

SEND green paper: Ministers wrong to suggest culture is the problem in underfunded schools, say experts

Exclusive: Fewer than 500 people in the UK have offered to help find homes for Afghan refugees
Sign saying refugees are human beings
Refugee crisis

Exclusive: Fewer than 500 people in the UK have offered to help find homes for Afghan refugees

MPs debate support for Black women affected by domestic abuse after high-profile campaign
Violence Against Women

MPs debate support for Black women affected by domestic abuse after high-profile campaign

Early 'pills by post' abortions service could be made permanent by MPs
Health

Early 'pills by post' abortions service could be made permanent by MPs

Food banks forced to ration parcels and dip into cash reserves as donations drop
An aerial view of a woman packing food parcels at a food bank. Nearly half of people using food banks last year were in debt to the government
Food banks

Food banks forced to ration parcels and dip into cash reserves as donations drop

Families denied welfare due to immigration rules can now apply for free school meals
Free School Meals

Families denied welfare due to immigration rules can now apply for free school meals

'Gutted and furious': How universal credit claimants feel about Rishi Sunak's Spring Budget
Tyron Wilson reacts to Budget 2022
Spring Budget

'Gutted and furious': How universal credit claimants feel about Rishi Sunak's Spring Budget

Academics have created a 'therapeutic children's book' to make Ukraine's young refugees smile
Ukraine crisis

Academics have created a 'therapeutic children's book' to make Ukraine's young refugees smile

Campaigners head to Downing Street to demand 'unjust' benefit cap is scrapped in Budget
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Spring Budget

Campaigners head to Downing Street to demand 'unjust' benefit cap is scrapped in Budget

Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis 'out of tools' to help with cost of living crisis
Cost of Living Crisis

Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis 'out of tools' to help with cost of living crisis

Met Police drop court case against woman for begging after legal challenge
Homelessness

Met Police drop court case against woman for begging after legal challenge

Energy crisis will leave low-income families spending £1 in every £5 on fuel bills, report finds
cost of living
Energy crisis

Energy crisis will leave low-income families spending £1 in every £5 on fuel bills, report finds

'It's too much pressure': Covid leaves young carers burnt out, lonely and lacking support
Carers

'It's too much pressure': Covid leaves young carers burnt out, lonely and lacking support

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MPs vote to make British Sign Language an official language
Cropped image of the hands of two deaf people signing, with street in background
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MPs vote to make British Sign Language an official language

Rural locations deprioritised when housing Ukrainian refugees as more than 100,000 hosts apply
Ukraine
Ukraine crisis

Rural locations deprioritised when housing Ukrainian refugees as more than 100,000 hosts apply

Priti Patel authorises three year visas for Ukrainian surrogates
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Ukraine crisis

Priti Patel authorises three year visas for Ukrainian surrogates

How does the Homes for Ukraine scheme work?
Blue and yellow Ukrainian flags fly outside Downing Street as hundreds protest the invasion by Russia
Ukraine Crisis

How does the Homes for Ukraine scheme work?