Asylum backlog hits record high but people arriving on small boats make up just a third of the queue![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Asylum backlog hits record high but people arriving on small boats make up just a third of the queue
Councils are running out of temporary accommodation to help homeless families![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Councils are running out of temporary accommodation to help homeless families
Two years after fleeing the Taliban, these Afghan evacuees are rebuilding their careers![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Two years after fleeing the Taliban, these Afghan evacuees are rebuilding their careers
Inflation is slowing, can I still ask for a pay rise?![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Inflation is slowing, can I still ask for a pay rise?
‘The juggle is real’: Single parents, childcare and how Big Issue Recruit can help![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘The juggle is real’: Single parents, childcare and how Big Issue Recruit can help
Afghan refugees: ‘I built homes for the UK government, now I’m facing homelessness in Britain’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Afghan refugees: ‘I built homes for the UK government, now I’m facing homelessness in Britain’
Zero-hours contracts: Are they legal and what rights do they give me?![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Zero-hours contracts: Are they legal and what rights do they give me?
Bibby Stockholm is a ‘monument to government failure’, says IRC![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Bibby Stockholm is a ‘monument to government failure’, says IRC
Council’s refusal to scrap four-day week inspires others to register interest in new pilots![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Council’s refusal to scrap four-day week inspires others to register interest in new pilots
Government must support renters in cost of living crisis, almost 30 organisations urge![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Government must support renters in cost of living crisis, almost 30 organisations urge
‘My manager was livid I was pregnant’: Most mothers still face discrimination when pregnant at work![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘My manager was livid I was pregnant’: Most mothers still face discrimination when pregnant at work
Schools, hospitals and trains: Is the end of the strikes in sight?![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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