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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

Millions of universal credit and disability benefit claimants turn to food banks: ‘I’m terrified of cuts’
Food banks

Millions of universal credit and disability benefit claimants turn to food banks: ‘I’m terrified of cuts’

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

Japanese atomic bomb survivor Jiro Hamasumi: ‘Nuclear weapons must not coexist with humanity’
Nuclear disarmament

Japanese atomic bomb survivor Jiro Hamasumi: ‘Nuclear weapons must not coexist with humanity’

Vast majority of Brits feel powerless over local decisions – and it’s eroding trust in politics
Communities

Vast majority of Brits feel powerless over local decisions – and it’s eroding trust in politics

UN calls on Labour to increase benefits and scrap two-child limit in UK poverty crisis warning
Human rights

UN calls on Labour to increase benefits and scrap two-child limit in UK poverty crisis warning

This innovative scheme uses spare rooms to house homeless refugees after Home Office backlog blitz
Refugee homelessness

This innovative scheme uses spare rooms to house homeless refugees after Home Office backlog blitz

Will Labour’s ‘radical’ leasehold reforms lead to a ‘two-tier’ system for flat owners?
Leasehold reform

Will Labour’s ‘radical’ leasehold reforms lead to a ‘two-tier’ system for flat owners?

Learning disability services have faced ‘drastic reduction in funding’ despite saving NHS money
Learning disabilities

Learning disability services have faced ‘drastic reduction in funding’ despite saving NHS money

Pensioners ‘reduced to tears’ by ‘complex’ forms when applying for help from DWP
Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners ‘reduced to tears’ by ‘complex’ forms when applying for help from DWP

I was made redundant while on maternity leave – it has scarred me for life
Employment

I was made redundant while on maternity leave – it has scarred me for life

DWP payment dates in March 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
Benefits

DWP payment dates in March 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

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How the miners’ strike changed the way Britain works, 40 years on
Miners' strike

How the miners’ strike changed the way Britain works, 40 years on

Fats Timbo: ‘It was hard growing up with dwarfism – but I’m going to change the world’
Disability activism

Fats Timbo: ‘It was hard growing up with dwarfism – but I’m going to change the world’

Meet the 83-year-old activist who’s fought gentrification for 50 years – and is still going strong
Activism

Meet the 83-year-old activist who’s fought gentrification for 50 years – and is still going strong

Are disability benefit claimants ‘ready to work’? The truth behind DWP’s claims ahead of welfare reforms
Disability benefits

Are disability benefit claimants ‘ready to work’? The truth behind DWP’s claims ahead of welfare reforms