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DWP cuts off benefits for 280,000 people over universal credit change: ‘This is extremely worrying’
Benefits

DWP cuts off benefits for 280,000 people over universal credit change: ‘This is extremely worrying’

Privately-educated athletes ‘significantly over-represented’ among Team GB’s Olympic heroes
Paris Olympics 2024

Privately-educated athletes ‘significantly over-represented’ among Team GB’s Olympic heroes

Rail company sparks outrage over ‘profiteering’ charge for water in London station: ‘Total disgrace’
Water

Rail company sparks outrage over ‘profiteering’ charge for water in London station: ‘Total disgrace’

Job market ‘cooling’ to pre-pandemic levels, experts say, as unemployment slowly falls
Employment

Job market ‘cooling’ to pre-pandemic levels, experts say, as unemployment slowly falls

Brazil wants to tax the world’s wealthiest 3,000 people. Here’s how that money could change the world
A Modest Proposal

Brazil wants to tax the world’s wealthiest 3,000 people. Here’s how that money could change the world

Millions of Brits made ill because their home is too hot, study finds – as UK faces heatwave
Heatwave

Millions of Brits made ill because their home is too hot, study finds – as UK faces heatwave

Suffering a brain injury forced me out of work and onto benefits – it’s a lonely thing to go through
Health

Suffering a brain injury forced me out of work and onto benefits – it’s a lonely thing to go through

Single mum reveals how two-child benefit cap ‘punishes’ families like hers: ‘We’re struggling’
Two-child benefit cap

Single mum reveals how two-child benefit cap ‘punishes’ families like hers: ‘We’re struggling’

How big-hearted communities came together to clean-up after senseless UK riots
UK riots

How big-hearted communities came together to clean-up after senseless UK riots

Here’s the truth about asylum seeker hotels – as rioters try to burn them down
UK riots

Here’s the truth about asylum seeker hotels – as rioters try to burn them down

Big Issue vendors left feeling anxious, frightened and ‘scared to go out’ in wake of UK riots
Our vendors

Big Issue vendors left feeling anxious, frightened and ‘scared to go out’ in wake of UK riots

Asylum system is completely broken, campaigners say, as number of refugees facing homelessness soars
Homelessness

Asylum system is completely broken, campaigners say, as number of refugees facing homelessness soars

Surge in babies dying before their first birthday, study finds – especially in deprived areas
Health inequality

Surge in babies dying before their first birthday, study finds – especially in deprived areas

Over 100,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them
No-fault evictions

Over 100,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them

Number of homeless children in UK highest since records began: ‘A genuine humanitarian crisis’
Homelessness

Number of homeless children in UK highest since records began: ‘A genuine humanitarian crisis’

Citizens Advice staff vow to keep helping people after office destroyed in far-right riots
UK riots

Citizens Advice staff vow to keep helping people after office destroyed in far-right riots

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Building homes in right places will be ‘more important than landlords’ to fixing UK’s rental crisis
Housing

Building homes in right places will be ‘more important than landlords’ to fixing UK’s rental crisis

Scrapping two-child benefit cap would save hundreds of infants’ lives, study finds
Two-child benefit cap

Scrapping two-child benefit cap would save hundreds of infants’ lives, study finds

Social media helped the far-right mobilise quickly – but it can also bring the rest of us together
UK riots

Social media helped the far-right mobilise quickly – but it can also bring the rest of us together

DWP mistakenly accuses disabled woman of owing £28,000 in benefit overpayments
Benefits

DWP mistakenly accuses disabled woman of owing £28,000 in benefit overpayments