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Childcare costs families £1,000 per child in the summer holidays: ‘It makes me feel sick’

Childcare costs families £1,000 per child in the summer holidays: ‘It makes me feel sick’
Joe Wicks joins forces with Labour for animated series to get kids active over summer holidays

Joe Wicks joins forces with Labour for animated series to get kids active over summer holidays
Can building homes around and above railways help get Labour’s housebuilding plan on track?

Can building homes around and above railways help get Labour’s housebuilding plan on track?
Labour’s new Family Hubs are the ‘successor’ to Sure Start. As child poverty rises, will they work?

Labour’s new Family Hubs are the ‘successor’ to Sure Start. As child poverty rises, will they work?
Brits overwhelmingly back a wealth tax on the ultra-rich. Would it work in the UK?

Brits overwhelmingly back a wealth tax on the ultra-rich. Would it work in the UK?
Rise of the good landlords: Inside the movement to make the private rental sector tackle homelessness

Rise of the good landlords: Inside the movement to make the private rental sector tackle homelessness
I lived on a debt-stricken housing estate as an anthropologist – this is what I learned about poverty

I lived on a debt-stricken housing estate as an anthropologist – this is what I learned about poverty
Manchester police ‘encouraged’ to give officers life-saving naloxone after Big Issue reporting

Manchester police ‘encouraged’ to give officers life-saving naloxone after Big Issue reporting
How I made friends with a great oak tree named Quercus

How I made friends with a great oak tree named Quercus
‘It would be good to know how long we have left’: This clifftop community is falling into the sea

‘It would be good to know how long we have left’: This clifftop community is falling into the sea
Home Office extends 56-day refugee move-on period – but it doesn’t go far enough, campaigners say

Home Office extends 56-day refugee move-on period – but it doesn’t go far enough, campaigners say
Black and minority households ‘forced to cut their hair and hide their accents’ to get social housing

Black and minority households ‘forced to cut their hair and hide their accents’ to get social housing
DWP’s ‘unhealthy’ AI obsession is trapping people in poverty, Amnesty report finds

DWP’s ‘unhealthy’ AI obsession is trapping people in poverty, Amnesty report finds
One in nine children hit by two-child benefit cap: ‘The public will not stomach inaction’

One in nine children hit by two-child benefit cap: ‘The public will not stomach inaction’
Here’s a dozen fascinating trees you really should visit this year

Here’s a dozen fascinating trees you really should visit this year
Sky-high rents mean ageing tenants ‘won’t be able to retire’ – adding billions to the benefits bill

Sky-high rents mean ageing tenants ‘won’t be able to retire’ – adding billions to the benefits bill
This rule change is helping care leavers and domestic abuse survivors to get social homes

This rule change is helping care leavers and domestic abuse survivors to get social homes
MPs vote to make Labour’s ‘reckless’ benefits bill into law – despite disabled people’s fears. Now what?

MPs vote to make Labour’s ‘reckless’ benefits bill into law – despite disabled people’s fears. Now what?
UN committee sounds alarm over Labour’s benefits bill: ‘It should shame the government’

UN committee sounds alarm over Labour’s benefits bill: ‘It should shame the government’
Zelda Perkins, Harvey Weinstein’s ex-assistant, applauds UK’s NDA ban: ‘It’s given me faith in democracy’
