Cost of living crisis is causing adoption rates to decline – but every child deserves a loving home![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Cost of living crisis is causing adoption rates to decline – but every child deserves a loving home
Emilia Clarke: ‘Hospitals will fix your brain, but the recovery process will save you’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Emilia Clarke: ‘Hospitals will fix your brain, but the recovery process will save you’
DWP warned benefit claimants face ‘poor customer service’ and ‘long waiting times’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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DWP warned benefit claimants face ‘poor customer service’ and ‘long waiting times’
Meet Jennie – Lib Dem MP Steve Darling’s guide dog who’s changing the face of politics![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Meet Jennie – Lib Dem MP Steve Darling’s guide dog who’s changing the face of politics
DWP benefit and pension payment dates for August 2024 – plus universal credit and PIP changes![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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DWP benefit and pension payment dates for August 2024 – plus universal credit and PIP changes
‘Shameful stuff’: Labour suspends seven rebel MPs who voted to end two-child benefit cap![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘Shameful stuff’: Labour suspends seven rebel MPs who voted to end two-child benefit cap
DWP should prioritise supporting benefit claimants over sanctions, most people say![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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DWP should prioritise supporting benefit claimants over sanctions, most people say
Liz Kendall wants to reform the DWP from a ‘department for welfare’ to a ‘department for work’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Liz Kendall wants to reform the DWP from a ‘department for welfare’ to a ‘department for work’
PIP changes: Labour government urged to drop ‘dangerous’ disability benefit reforms![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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PIP changes: Labour government urged to drop ‘dangerous’ disability benefit reforms
Free and cheap things to do with the kids over the 2024 summer holidays![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Free and cheap things to do with the kids over the 2024 summer holidays
Labour ‘considering’ scrapping two-child benefit cap![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Labour ‘considering’ scrapping two-child benefit cap
37 places where kids can eat free or for £1 during the summer holidays![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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