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Revealed: Majority of PIP claimants with heart disease, arthritis and Crohn’s at risk of cuts
Disability benefits

Revealed: Majority of PIP claimants with heart disease, arthritis and Crohn’s at risk of cuts

Will Reform’s Britannia Card really help low-income households – or is it a ‘giveaway to the rich’?
Reform UK

Will Reform’s Britannia Card really help low-income households – or is it a ‘giveaway to the rich’?

England and Wales must follow Scotland’s lead and set legal targets to end child poverty
Poverty

England and Wales must follow Scotland’s lead and set legal targets to end child poverty

Public transport not keeping up with surge in new homes, analysis finds: ‘We must plan more intelligently’
Public transport

Public transport not keeping up with surge in new homes, analysis finds: ‘We must plan more intelligently’

Could the government’s disability benefit cuts be blocked by Labour MPs?
Disability benefits

Could the government’s disability benefit cuts be blocked by Labour MPs?

From the NHS to the DWP: UK’s new data law will make your life ‘radically different’, minister says
Data

From the NHS to the DWP: UK’s new data law will make your life ‘radically different’, minister says

As the government moves to ban Palestine Action, are terror laws being used for ‘political policing’?
Protest

As the government moves to ban Palestine Action, are terror laws being used for ‘political policing’?

Big Issue hands the reins to young people from disadvantaged areas for landmark special issue
Onside takeover

Big Issue hands the reins to young people from disadvantaged areas for landmark special issue

School standards minister dodges question from disabled boy about future of his education
Onside Takeover

School standards minister dodges question from disabled boy about future of his education

Government pledge to help care leavers into social housing ‘will literally save lives’
Social housing

Government pledge to help care leavers into social housing ‘will literally save lives’

Labour rejects Big Issue founder’s bid to set legally binding child poverty reduction targets
Child poverty

Labour rejects Big Issue founder’s bid to set legally binding child poverty reduction targets

‘I was barely existing before PIP’: Benefit claimants say they’re ‘terrified’ of Labour’s cuts
Disability benefits

‘I was barely existing before PIP’: Benefit claimants say they’re ‘terrified’ of Labour’s cuts

This afternoon tea is made and served by people with learning disabilities: ‘A wonderful celebration’
Employment

This afternoon tea is made and served by people with learning disabilities: ‘A wonderful celebration’

Social services threatened to take refugee’s newborn baby away in row over horror hostel
Asylum accommodation

Social services threatened to take refugee’s newborn baby away in row over horror hostel

Asylum seekers share their dreams for future: ‘I want my children to have a safe life’
Asylum seekers

Asylum seekers share their dreams for future: ‘I want my children to have a safe life’

These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families ‘before it’s too late’
Adoption

These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families ‘before it’s too late’

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Fury over secret recording of landlords joking about using renters as ‘target practice’
RENTING

Fury over secret recording of landlords joking about using renters as ‘target practice’

Cut off and uncared for: This is what life is like for asylum seekers in the UK
Asylum seekers

Cut off and uncared for: This is what life is like for asylum seekers in the UK

Labour pushes on with ‘catastrophic’ disability benefit cuts: ‘The government is just not listening’
Disability benefits

Labour pushes on with ‘catastrophic’ disability benefit cuts: ‘The government is just not listening’

Kneecap fans fly to UK to back band in court – as experts say terror case is ‘pivotal’ for free speech
Kneecap

Kneecap fans fly to UK to back band in court – as experts say terror case is ‘pivotal’ for free speech