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DWP recruiting ‘covert surveillance officers’ to snoop on benefit claimants: ‘I fear for the future’
Benefits

DWP recruiting ‘covert surveillance officers’ to snoop on benefit claimants: ‘I fear for the future’

Rolling driver walkouts and crippling shut downs: Will the Tube and train strikes ever end?
Rail strikes

Rolling driver walkouts and crippling shut downs: Will the Tube and train strikes ever end?

Tube and train strikes: Disruption for rail passengers as London Underground strike called off
Rail strikes

Tube and train strikes: Disruption for rail passengers as London Underground strike called off

‘Time for a new deal’: UK’s new minimum wage still not enough to cover ‘a decent standard of life’
Minimum wage

‘Time for a new deal’: UK’s new minimum wage still not enough to cover ‘a decent standard of life’

‘People should not be arrested if they smell’: Sunak facing revolt over plan to criminalise homelessness
Homelessness

‘People should not be arrested if they smell’: Sunak facing revolt over plan to criminalise homelessness

Outgoing MP Mhairi Black on Trump, Tory culture wars and why UK is creeping towards fascism
Exclusive

Outgoing MP Mhairi Black on Trump, Tory culture wars and why UK is creeping towards fascism

Nish Kumar weighs in on Rishi Sunak and Priti Patel’s role model status to British-Asians
Politics

Nish Kumar weighs in on Rishi Sunak and Priti Patel’s role model status to British-Asians

The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children’s charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution
Poverty

The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children’s charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution

Millions face paying more in energy bills than height of cost of living crisis. Here’s why
Cost of living crisis

Millions face paying more in energy bills than height of cost of living crisis. Here’s why

Local housing allowance is finally going up. But is it anything more than just a short-term fix?
Benefits

Local housing allowance is finally going up. But is it anything more than just a short-term fix?

I started doing crime by age 6. I didn’t know any other life – all my birthdays were in prison
Crime

I started doing crime by age 6. I didn’t know any other life – all my birthdays were in prison

Calls to nationalise Thames Water as Brits face 40% increase in bills: ‘A con and a disgrace’
Water bills

Calls to nationalise Thames Water as Brits face 40% increase in bills: ‘A con and a disgrace’

Leaked letter to Tory MPs reveals renting reforms will be ‘watered down’ to ‘appease landlords’
RENTING

Leaked letter to Tory MPs reveals renting reforms will be ‘watered down’ to ‘appease landlords’

Council tax is going up for millions in April. Here’s what to do if you’re struggling to pay
Cost of living crisis

Council tax is going up for millions in April. Here’s what to do if you’re struggling to pay

Water bills are going up in April 2024. Here’s what to do if you’re struggling to pay
Cost of living crisis

Water bills are going up in April 2024. Here’s what to do if you’re struggling to pay

Care worker faced homelessness as low pay left her with ‘nothing’ to fall back on
Social care

Care worker faced homelessness as low pay left her with ‘nothing’ to fall back on

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‘Job apocalypse’: Up to 8 million Brits risk losing their jobs to AI, government warned
Employment

‘Job apocalypse’: Up to 8 million Brits risk losing their jobs to AI, government warned

Most tenants have never heard of the beleaguered Renters Reform Bill
Renting

Most tenants have never heard of the beleaguered Renters Reform Bill

Unsecured debt such as credit cards and loans at highest level in a decade, charity warns
Debt

Unsecured debt such as credit cards and loans at highest level in a decade, charity warns

Kate Garraway’s ‘huge debts’ from husband’s care shows reality of a social care system in crisis
Social care

Kate Garraway’s ‘huge debts’ from husband’s care shows reality of a social care system in crisis