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Arise Sir Gordon! Big Issue co-founder Gordon Roddick knighted in King’s birthday honours
King's birthday honours

Arise Sir Gordon! Big Issue co-founder Gordon Roddick knighted in King’s birthday honours

Pressure mounts on Labour over two-child benefit cap as Scotland sets end date: ‘Families can’t wait’
Two-child benefit cap

Pressure mounts on Labour over two-child benefit cap as Scotland sets end date: ‘Families can’t wait’

Wales wants to be the world’s first ‘nation of sanctuary’ for asylum seekers. Is it possible?
Asylum seekers

Wales wants to be the world’s first ‘nation of sanctuary’ for asylum seekers. Is it possible?

Britain’s embrace of Vietnam’s ‘boat people’ is a lesson in how we welcome refugees, 50 years on
Refugee Week

Britain’s embrace of Vietnam’s ‘boat people’ is a lesson in how we welcome refugees, 50 years on

Activist Munroe Bergdorf: ‘We need to bring the transgender conversation back to a human level’
Trans rights

Activist Munroe Bergdorf: ‘We need to bring the transgender conversation back to a human level’

I’m a gay asylum seeker – the UK’s immigration system is designed to dehumanise people like me
Immigration

I’m a gay asylum seeker – the UK’s immigration system is designed to dehumanise people like me

Meet the rebel Labour MPs voting against disability benefit cuts: ‘I don’t want to be part of it’
Disability benefits

Meet the rebel Labour MPs voting against disability benefit cuts: ‘I don’t want to be part of it’

Labour could build 500,000 social homes ‘at a stretch’ with £39bn affordable housing pledge
Social housing

Labour could build 500,000 social homes ‘at a stretch’ with £39bn affordable housing pledge

70,000 more people to lose disability benefits under Labour’s cuts than originally expected
Disability benefits

70,000 more people to lose disability benefits under Labour’s cuts than originally expected

Put drug overdose kits in pubs, train stations and shopping centres to save homeless peoples’ lives
Drugs

Put drug overdose kits in pubs, train stations and shopping centres to save homeless peoples’ lives

Store cards and buy now, pay later debt landed this single mum in court. What if there was another way?
Buy now, pay later

Store cards and buy now, pay later debt landed this single mum in court. What if there was another way?

Disability benefit cuts will harm hundreds of thousands, MPs warn: ‘A disaster on every front’
Disability benefit cuts

Disability benefit cuts will harm hundreds of thousands, MPs warn: ‘A disaster on every front’

What really happens in China’s so-called ‘re-education’ camps: ‘There was suffering and violence’
China

What really happens in China’s so-called ‘re-education’ camps: ‘There was suffering and violence’

Council tries to evict food bank – despite referring 95% of its users: ‘There is nowhere to go’
Food banks

Council tries to evict food bank – despite referring 95% of its users: ‘There is nowhere to go’

The Middle East has been betrayed – but despite everything, there is always hope
The Middle East

The Middle East has been betrayed – but despite everything, there is always hope

This women’s library just became a ‘library of sanctuary’ for refugees and asylum seekers
Libraries

This women’s library just became a ‘library of sanctuary’ for refugees and asylum seekers

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Should taxpayers pay for solar panels to be installed on homes?
Green energy

Should taxpayers pay for solar panels to be installed on homes?

Labour’s apprenticeship reforms aim to train the next generation – but do they go far enough?
Apprenticeships

Labour’s apprenticeship reforms aim to train the next generation – but do they go far enough?

Good news for renters – the rental boom is finally over, says Zoopla
RENTING

Good news for renters – the rental boom is finally over, says Zoopla

Auto-enrol eligible children for free school meals to end ‘postcode lottery’, government told
Free school meals

Auto-enrol eligible children for free school meals to end ‘postcode lottery’, government told