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DWP payment dates in October 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month

DWP payment dates in October 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month
Here’s everything to know about the benefits and pensions to expect from the DWP in October 2025, including if you could be eligible for more support
Supermarkets have a near monopoly on British food. Is it time for change?

Supermarkets have a near monopoly on British food. Is it time for change?
Should supermarkets have a near monopoly over grocery sales in Britain? Charities are calling for ‘bold and urgent action’ to fix the food system
Never underestimate the power of pets

Never underestimate the power of pets
StreetVet has spent nearly a decade providing free vet care for the pets of people experiencing homelessness. For Mick, Debs and Andy, their animals were more than companions – they were lifelines.
Letters: If it was about national pride, the England flags would’ve been flying a long time ago
Letters: If it was about national pride, the England flags would’ve been flying a long time ago
What is PIP and how do I claim it? Everything you need to know about the DWP disability benefit
What is PIP and how do I claim it? Everything you need to know about the DWP disability benefit
Bringing sight to your doorstep: How Specsavers Home Visits are transforming eye care access

Bringing sight to your doorstep: How Specsavers Home Visits are transforming eye care access
Letters: How many more people with learning difficulties will be abused and scapegoated?

Letters: How many more people with learning difficulties will be abused and scapegoated?
This snooker club is giving people with physical and learning disabilities their big break

This snooker club is giving people with physical and learning disabilities their big break
Letters: At least Angela Rayner had the decency to resign – that’s a good thing

Letters: At least Angela Rayner had the decency to resign – that’s a good thing
Family day out: Why the Citroën ë-C5 Aircross made our Bath adventure unforgettable

Family day out: Why the Citroën ë-C5 Aircross made our Bath adventure unforgettable
Letters: Don’t weaponise violence against women and girls

Letters: Don’t weaponise violence against women and girls
Letters: If I had to flee my home I’d hope I wouldn’t end up in an asylum hotel

Letters: If I had to flee my home I’d hope I wouldn’t end up in an asylum hotel
From solarpunk to the metaverse: The way we think about the future needs to change

From solarpunk to the metaverse: The way we think about the future needs to change
Millions of pupils missing school due to hygiene poverty: ‘We have reinvented a Victorian problem’

Millions of pupils missing school due to hygiene poverty: ‘We have reinvented a Victorian problem’
Letters: There are so many stupid and greedy people out there

Letters: There are so many stupid and greedy people out there
Why so many Gen Z workers are retiring in their 20s

Why so many Gen Z workers are retiring in their 20s
Gladiators star Zack George: ‘We want my son’s short time on this Earth to have a positive effect’

Gladiators star Zack George: ‘We want my son’s short time on this Earth to have a positive effect’
How a Citroën ë-Berlingo Van is helping Swansea charity deliver connection and kindness

How a Citroën ë-Berlingo Van is helping Swansea charity deliver connection and kindness
Letters: The far right needs to accept asylum seekers aren’t just going to disappear

Letters: The far right needs to accept asylum seekers aren’t just going to disappear
The pigs of Orwell’s Animal Farm led the revolution. Eighty years on, the UK’s pigs are in trouble

The pigs of Orwell’s Animal Farm led the revolution. Eighty years on, the UK’s pigs are in trouble
Millions of Brits use Buy Now, Pay Later to shop. Will new rules protect people from the dangers?

Millions of Brits use Buy Now, Pay Later to shop. Will new rules protect people from the dangers?
Letters: It’s anti-migrant ‘protesters’ that make me feel unsafe – not asylum seekers

Letters: It’s anti-migrant ‘protesters’ that make me feel unsafe – not asylum seekers
How residents in Chatham are pulling their decaying high street out of a crisis
