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Starmer defends ‘unpopular’ winter fuel payment cut amid pressure from unions and Labour rebels
Winter fuel payment

Starmer defends ‘unpopular’ winter fuel payment cut amid pressure from unions and Labour rebels

Asylum seeker still waiting for decision from Home Office after 16 years in limbo: ‘It’s degrading’
Immigration

Asylum seeker still waiting for decision from Home Office after 16 years in limbo: ‘It’s degrading’

AI skills will soon be as necessary for job seekers as Microsoft Word. Who will be left behind?
Artificial Intelligence

AI skills will soon be as necessary for job seekers as Microsoft Word. Who will be left behind?

California’s governor wants to use AI to solve homelessness – but it’s backfired, badly
Homelessness

California’s governor wants to use AI to solve homelessness – but it’s backfired, badly

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan recalls receiving free school meals as a child: ‘I was lucky’
Free School Meals

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan recalls receiving free school meals as a child: ‘I was lucky’

Disabled facilities grant: What is it and can I get one?
housing

Disabled facilities grant: What is it and can I get one?

Home improvement grants: What you should know
housing

Home improvement grants: What you should know

Gas safety checks in rented properties
renting

Gas safety checks in rented properties

How to reduce condensation
housing

How to reduce condensation

Domestic abuse survivor had ‘no chance’ of reuniting with kids as council flat was too small
Care system

Domestic abuse survivor had ‘no chance’ of reuniting with kids as council flat was too small

Riots are not inevitable – just ask the people of Manchester’s Moss Side
UK riots

Riots are not inevitable – just ask the people of Manchester’s Moss Side

14 years of austerity left many feeling grateful simply not to be on the streets
Homelessness

14 years of austerity left many feeling grateful simply not to be on the streets

Progress ‘far too slow’ on post-Grenfell cladding crisis with thousands still living in fire-trap homes
Grenfell Tower

Progress ‘far too slow’ on post-Grenfell cladding crisis with thousands still living in fire-trap homes

UK can learn valuable lessons from how this Leeds suburb came together after riots
Community

UK can learn valuable lessons from how this Leeds suburb came together after riots

Death of six children and pregnant woman in migrant boat tragedy shows need for asylum safe routes
Small boats

Death of six children and pregnant woman in migrant boat tragedy shows need for asylum safe routes

Children in poverty most likely to be excluded from school, study finds: ‘A crisis of lost learning’
Education

Children in poverty most likely to be excluded from school, study finds: ‘A crisis of lost learning’

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Grenfell survivors faced racism and discrimination in wake of fire, final report confirms
Grenfell Tower

Grenfell survivors faced racism and discrimination in wake of fire, final report confirms

No Grenfell Tower criminal charges for ‘at least’ 12-18 months, Met Police say
Grenfell Tower

No Grenfell Tower criminal charges for ‘at least’ 12-18 months, Met Police say

Suspend Right to Buy to help tackle social housing crisis, government told: ‘It’s exploitative’
Right to Buy

Suspend Right to Buy to help tackle social housing crisis, government told: ‘It’s exploitative’

How a council used a little-known 20-year-old law to seize properties off a rogue landlord
RENTING

How a council used a little-known 20-year-old law to seize properties off a rogue landlord