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‘Disgraceful’: Tories condemned for wasting £715m on sending no asylum seekers to Rwanda
Asylum seekers

‘Disgraceful’: Tories condemned for wasting £715m on sending no asylum seekers to Rwanda

Labour slams Tories’ £715m failure in Rwanda asylum plan. Demand accountability; call out government waste now

Ukrainian mum who fled war dreams of buying Christmas tree and presents for her children
Christmas

Ukrainian mum who fled war dreams of buying Christmas tree and presents for her children

Natalia was supported by baby bank network Little Village after coming here from Ukraine with her son. They need the public’s help this Christmas to ‘reach more families with essential things they need – as well as a little festive cheer’

Labour must ‘immediately’ scrap two-child benefit cap if it wants to end child poverty, charities say
Child poverty

Labour must ‘immediately’ scrap two-child benefit cap if it wants to end child poverty, charities say

Scrapping the two-child benefit cap would lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty, it has been estimated

Labour vow to end cladding crisis by 2029 leaves campaigners fearing ‘living nightmare’ will continue
Cladding crisis

Labour vow to end cladding crisis by 2029 leaves campaigners fearing ‘living nightmare’ will continue

‘Christmas is out’: Meet the pensioners cancelling Christmas over Labour’s winter fuel payment cuts
Winter Fuel Payment

‘Christmas is out’: Meet the pensioners cancelling Christmas over Labour’s winter fuel payment cuts

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Last Christmas I was in prison. This year I’m working in a London fine-dining restaurant
Christmas

Last Christmas I was in prison. This year I’m working in a London fine-dining restaurant

Teacher of the Year winner Oli McVeigh: ‘Boys are bottling up and repressing lots of different ideas’
Education

Teacher of the Year winner Oli McVeigh: ‘Boys are bottling up and repressing lots of different ideas’

Assisted dying is a step closer to being legalised – but are the safeguards tough enough?
Assisted dying

Assisted dying is a step closer to being legalised – but are the safeguards tough enough?

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2024
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2024

‘This is a very difficult decision’: MPs vote to take forward assisted dying bill after emotional debate
Assisted dying

‘This is a very difficult decision’: MPs vote to take forward assisted dying bill after emotional debate

Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year
Christmas

Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year

‘This will ease the backlog’: Asylum legal aid rates set to increase for first time in almost 30 years
Legal aid

‘This will ease the backlog’: Asylum legal aid rates set to increase for first time in almost 30 years

Every Scottish pensioner to get winter fuel payment. Will Labour follow and finally U-turn on cuts?
Winter fuel payment

Every Scottish pensioner to get winter fuel payment. Will Labour follow and finally U-turn on cuts?

Labour pledges billions to ‘get Britain building’ amid housebuilding slump
Housebuilding

Labour pledges billions to ‘get Britain building’ amid housebuilding slump

‘Remember these are human beings’: This is what the highly-politicised UK migration stats really mean
Immigration

‘Remember these are human beings’: This is what the highly-politicised UK migration stats really mean

Number of kids in temporary housing reaches record high: ‘Labour must get to grips with this crisis’
Homelessness

Number of kids in temporary housing reaches record high: ‘Labour must get to grips with this crisis’

Meet the tireless volunteers making sure children in poverty have a Christmas to remember
Christmas toy appeals

Meet the tireless volunteers making sure children in poverty have a Christmas to remember

‘A national disgrace’: A quarter of households with children under four don’t have enough food
Food poverty

‘A national disgrace’: A quarter of households with children under four don’t have enough food

Labour’s rent reforms will cost landlords just £22 a year – but some say that’s still too much
Renting

Labour’s rent reforms will cost landlords just £22 a year – but some say that’s still too much

Millions of Brits ‘outvalued’ by their own home as Labour urged to tackle ‘big wealth’
Wealth

Millions of Brits ‘outvalued’ by their own home as Labour urged to tackle ‘big wealth’

Get Britain Working: What are Labour’s plans for the DWP, benefits and employment support?
Department for Work and Pensions

Get Britain Working: What are Labour’s plans for the DWP, benefits and employment support?

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Which charities are fighting homelessness in the UK?
Homelessness

Which charities are fighting homelessness in the UK?

Here’s what to do if you see a homeless person
Homelessness

Here’s what to do if you see a homeless person

Housing benefit: How to claim and what to expect
Housing benefits

Housing benefit: How to claim and what to expect

How to volunteer at a food bank
Food banks

How to volunteer at a food bank