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‘This is not human’: UK asylum system pushing refugees into ‘homelessness and danger’, report finds
Asylum system

‘This is not human’: UK asylum system pushing refugees into ‘homelessness and danger’, report finds

Home Office overspent on asylum by billions. Here’s how that money could’ve been used
A Modest Proposal

Home Office overspent on asylum by billions. Here’s how that money could’ve been used

Labour MP and self-professed ‘renters champion’ Jas Athwal faces calls to resign over mouldy flats
Renting

Labour MP and self-professed ‘renters champion’ Jas Athwal faces calls to resign over mouldy flats

Women in North of England live shorter lives, more likely to be in poverty and work harder for less
The North

Women in North of England live shorter lives, more likely to be in poverty and work harder for less

Half of people claiming universal credit ran out of food in the last month
Universal Credit

Half of people claiming universal credit ran out of food in the last month

Fury as train operators cut railcard discount despite sky-high ticket prices: ‘It’s demoralising’
Transport

Fury as train operators cut railcard discount despite sky-high ticket prices: ‘It’s demoralising’

Homelessness is a ‘political choice’, MPs told as they return to parliament
Homelessness

Homelessness is a ‘political choice’, MPs told as they return to parliament

DWP extends household support fund to help families struggling with cost of living
Household support fund

DWP extends household support fund to help families struggling with cost of living

DWP says there’s ‘more learning to do’ as every MP given book on deaths of disabled benefit claimants
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP says there’s ‘more learning to do’ as every MP given book on deaths of disabled benefit claimants

These are the ticking Tory time bombs Labour must defuse as parliament returns
Politics

These are the ticking Tory time bombs Labour must defuse as parliament returns

Elderly people’s lives in danger without winter fuel payment, Labour warned: ‘This is a mistake’
Winter fuel payment

Elderly people’s lives in danger without winter fuel payment, Labour warned: ‘This is a mistake’

UK won’t reach net zero without carbon capture – so why do we keep ‘screwing it up’?
Net zero

UK won’t reach net zero without carbon capture – so why do we keep ‘screwing it up’?

Council spending on homelessness now double what it was five years ago: ‘Throwing good money away’
Homelessness

Council spending on homelessness now double what it was five years ago: ‘Throwing good money away’

Single mum with disabled children told to pay DWP back £17,000 in benefit overpayments
Benefit overpayments

Single mum with disabled children told to pay DWP back £17,000 in benefit overpayments

How a replica Chinese restaurant is changing the narrative on migration after UK riots
Migration

How a replica Chinese restaurant is changing the narrative on migration after UK riots

No update on future of household support fund until autumn budget, DWP minister says
Household support fund

No update on future of household support fund until autumn budget, DWP minister says

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The London housing market has become an absurdist sport. The game is rigged
Homelessness

The London housing market has become an absurdist sport. The game is rigged

One in 10 renters spend more than 60% of their take-home pay on rent
RENTING

One in 10 renters spend more than 60% of their take-home pay on rent

UK’s tax system lets the wealthy off the hook, report finds – and traps Northerners in inequality
Taxes

UK’s tax system lets the wealthy off the hook, report finds – and traps Northerners in inequality

Labour reveals plan to build 300,000 homes stuck in planning limbo: ‘We have a moral obligation’
Housing

Labour reveals plan to build 300,000 homes stuck in planning limbo: ‘We have a moral obligation’