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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’
Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke shared her story of recovering from brain injuries in parliament, as she celebrated the partnership between her charity SameYou and Big Issue Recruit
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’
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has promised to commit to a more “efficient and compassionate” service under the new Labour government
Olympics 2024: Fury as homelessness ‘swept under the rug’ and rough sleepers removed from Paris![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Olympics 2024: Fury as homelessness ‘swept under the rug’ and rough sleepers removed from Paris
‘We are France – we are supposed to be the country for human rights! Yet there is no support, no real plan’
How Labour’s housebuilding target of 1.5 million new homes hinges on just six private companies
How Labour’s housebuilding target of 1.5 million new homes hinges on just six private companies
What is the Renters’ Rights Bill? All you need to know about Labour’s plan to end no-fault evictions
What is the Renters’ Rights Bill? All you need to know about Labour’s plan to end no-fault evictions
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
Four problems Labour must solve to deliver the social housing Britain urgently needs![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Four problems Labour must solve to deliver the social housing Britain urgently needs
How many times have we walked by people, men and women, lying on the streets?![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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How many times have we walked by people, men and women, lying on the streets?
Still no opening date set for UK’s first drug consumption room![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Still no opening date set for UK’s first drug consumption room
‘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
Campaigners welcome closure of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge – but Labour faces calls to go further![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Campaigners welcome closure of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge – but Labour faces calls to go further
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
Tories planned to spend £10bn on Rwanda scheme. From HS2 to benefits, here’s how it could be better spent![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Tories planned to spend £10bn on Rwanda scheme. From HS2 to benefits, here’s how it could be better spent
Homeless people face being locked out of public toilets due to card-only payments![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Homeless people face being locked out of public toilets due to card-only payments
Labour ‘considering’ scrapping two-child benefit cap![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Labour ‘considering’ scrapping two-child benefit cap
Prison crisis: Early release scheme could see hundreds of prisoners released into homelessness![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Prison crisis: Early release scheme could see hundreds of prisoners released into homelessness
Rory Stewart: ‘I assumed I’d die a heroic death in my early 30s’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Rory Stewart: ‘I assumed I’d die a heroic death in my early 30s’
How political cartoonists influenced both Churchill and Sunak’s crushing election defeats![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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