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Tories unveil plan to make UK ‘most accessible place in the world’ – but does it go far enough?
Disabilities

Tories unveil plan to make UK ‘most accessible place in the world’ – but does it go far enough?

Raising state pension age to 71 would be a ‘big blow’ and risks ‘working people to death’, experts say
Pensions

Raising state pension age to 71 would be a ‘big blow’ and risks ‘working people to death’, experts say

Landlords to get £70bn in government housing support. Here’s how that money could be better spent
A modest proposal

Landlords to get £70bn in government housing support. Here’s how that money could be better spent

Intersex people are treated like ‘freaks of nature’ and a ‘problem’ to be solved. That needs to change
LGBTQ+ rights

Intersex people are treated like ‘freaks of nature’ and a ‘problem’ to be solved. That needs to change

Homelessness at heart of councils’ £4bn funding black hole, MPs warn: ‘It’s an out-of-control crisis’
Homelessness

Homelessness at heart of councils’ £4bn funding black hole, MPs warn: ‘It’s an out-of-control crisis’

‘It’s a lifeline’: MPs urge government to help families in crisis and continue household support fund
Household Support Fund

‘It’s a lifeline’: MPs urge government to help families in crisis and continue household support fund

‘Thank God it’s Thursday!’: Will we have a four-day working week by 2030? Yes, probably
Four-day working week

‘Thank God it’s Thursday!’: Will we have a four-day working week by 2030? Yes, probably

‘Mr Sunak, do something’: Big Issue vendors lead call for PM to protect renters from homelessness
End Housing Insecurity Now

‘Mr Sunak, do something’: Big Issue vendors lead call for PM to protect renters from homelessness

Household support fund’s end would be ‘devastating’, charities say: ‘We’re planning for the worst’
Department for Work and Pensions

Household support fund’s end would be ‘devastating’, charities say: ‘We’re planning for the worst’

Rough sleeping in London hits record high amid surge in refugees being made homeless
Homelessness

Rough sleeping in London hits record high amid surge in refugees being made homeless

Sending rough sleepers to prison comes at a huge cost. Here’s how that cash could help instead
Rough sleeping

Sending rough sleepers to prison comes at a huge cost. Here’s how that cash could help instead

Council tells disabled man with cerebral palsy to make himself homeless to get housing support
Housing crisis

Council tells disabled man with cerebral palsy to make himself homeless to get housing support

‘An urgent wake-up call’: Half of disabled people are struggling to pay their energy bills
Cost of living crisis

‘An urgent wake-up call’: Half of disabled people are struggling to pay their energy bills

‘I have nothing’: DWP takes millions from benefit claimants every year to pay for its own mistakes
Benefits

‘I have nothing’: DWP takes millions from benefit claimants every year to pay for its own mistakes

Scandal after scandal plunges UK to lowest-ever position in corruption index: ‘The wrong direction’
Politics

Scandal after scandal plunges UK to lowest-ever position in corruption index: ‘The wrong direction’

21 million Brits are struggling to pay bills: ‘People will go cold, hungry and lose their homes’
Cost of living crisis

21 million Brits are struggling to pay bills: ‘People will go cold, hungry and lose their homes’

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‘The most vile place I’ve ever seen’: Families stuck in ‘uninhabitable’ temporary housing
Housing crisis

‘The most vile place I’ve ever seen’: Families stuck in ‘uninhabitable’ temporary housing

BBC staff raise over £7k for Big Issue vendor struck down by pneumonia: ‘I feel part of the family’
Our vendors

BBC staff raise over £7k for Big Issue vendor struck down by pneumonia: ‘I feel part of the family’

Women share harrowing accounts of painful NHS hysteroscopies: ‘I begged the doctor to stop’
Health

Women share harrowing accounts of painful NHS hysteroscopies: ‘I begged the doctor to stop’

How nuclear bunkers could save the internet: ‘An appropriate metaphor for the climate crisis’
Climate change

How nuclear bunkers could save the internet: ‘An appropriate metaphor for the climate crisis’