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DWP told to stop forcibly taking cash from benefit claimants to pay for its own mistakes
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP told to stop forcibly taking cash from benefit claimants to pay for its own mistakes

Working from home vital for disabled people to keep a job, DWP told ahead of benefit cuts
Working from home

Working from home vital for disabled people to keep a job, DWP told ahead of benefit cuts

Poorest Brits now worse off than poorest people in Slovenia, report finds – here’s why
Cost of living

Poorest Brits now worse off than poorest people in Slovenia, report finds – here’s why

Cuts to benefits would be a ‘grave mistake’, Keir Starmer warned by his own MPs
Benefits

Cuts to benefits would be a ‘grave mistake’, Keir Starmer warned by his own MPs

The North Sea has been Britain’s oil powerhouse for 50 years. But what is its future now?
The North Sea

The North Sea has been Britain’s oil powerhouse for 50 years. But what is its future now?

Why are so many people off work sick? Labour told not to forget the pandemic ahead of benefit cuts
Five years since the pandemic

Why are so many people off work sick? Labour told not to forget the pandemic ahead of benefit cuts

One in four teachers spending own money to feed hungry pupils as parents struggle with costs
Child poverty

One in four teachers spending own money to feed hungry pupils as parents struggle with costs

Labour promises ‘biggest building boom in a generation’ in reform of UK’s planning system
Planning

Labour promises ‘biggest building boom in a generation’ in reform of UK’s planning system

‘A jigsaw with pieces missing’: Why are new housing estates forcing people to rely on cars?
Housing

‘A jigsaw with pieces missing’: Why are new housing estates forcing people to rely on cars?

Andy Burnham: ‘Right to Buy scheme means homelessness will get worse before it gets better’
Homelessness

Andy Burnham: ‘Right to Buy scheme means homelessness will get worse before it gets better’

Police pay out £2.5k over wrongful arrest of man who shouted ‘who elected him’ at King Charles ceremony
Protest

Police pay out £2.5k over wrongful arrest of man who shouted ‘who elected him’ at King Charles ceremony

How Canada’s next prime minister Mark Carney came to be inspired by Big Issue
Canada

How Canada’s next prime minister Mark Carney came to be inspired by Big Issue

How fixing up forgotten churches can make a divine intervention in the housing crisis
Housing crisis

How fixing up forgotten churches can make a divine intervention in the housing crisis

Starmer squandering chance to gain public’s trust, says boss of influential progressive think tank
Think tanks

Starmer squandering chance to gain public’s trust, says boss of influential progressive think tank

Labour wants to ‘unleash the North Sea’s clean energy future’. What does that mean for oil and gas?
North Sea

Labour wants to ‘unleash the North Sea’s clean energy future’. What does that mean for oil and gas?

Conflating sex work and sex trafficking is harmful and needs to stop, Labour told
Sex work

Conflating sex work and sex trafficking is harmful and needs to stop, Labour told

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Landlords of overcrowded flat fined £12k after fire killed dad-of-two
Shadwell fire

Landlords of overcrowded flat fined £12k after fire killed dad-of-two

DWP reveals new plans to get sick and disabled people into work ahead of benefit cuts
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP reveals new plans to get sick and disabled people into work ahead of benefit cuts

UK has some of the ‘weakest’ workers’ rights in the Western world. Can Labour fix this?
Workers' rights

UK has some of the ‘weakest’ workers’ rights in the Western world. Can Labour fix this?

Slashing billions from welfare will not help people into work or save money, Rachel Reeves warned
Department for Work and Pensions

Slashing billions from welfare will not help people into work or save money, Rachel Reeves warned