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Big Issue vendor Will Payne hangs up his tabard for new job as a street cleaner: ‘I love it’
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Big Issue vendor Will Payne hangs up his tabard for new job as a street cleaner: ‘I love it’

‘Irreversible harm’ done as Home Office resumes forcing refugees onto streets after Christmas pause
Immigration

‘Irreversible harm’ done as Home Office resumes forcing refugees onto streets after Christmas pause

No excuse for shoplifting due to ‘generous’ UK benefits system, minister says. Here’s the reality
Cost of living crisis

No excuse for shoplifting due to ‘generous’ UK benefits system, minister says. Here’s the reality

Average UK household faces £17,200 of debt by 2026: ‘We can’t afford a Tory government any longer’
Cost of living crisis

Average UK household faces £17,200 of debt by 2026: ‘We can’t afford a Tory government any longer’

5 ways to fix a broken UK – from universal credit to an urgent general election
Hope for 2024

5 ways to fix a broken UK – from universal credit to an urgent general election

DWP benefits payment dates to expect in January 2024 – with changes over the New Year
Benefits

DWP benefits payment dates to expect in January 2024 – with changes over the New Year

Thousands of refugees left destitute as Rishi Sunak boasts of clearing asylum backlog
Immigration

Thousands of refugees left destitute as Rishi Sunak boasts of clearing asylum backlog

Will Trump win? Are the Tories finished? The man behind Jonathan Pie predicts politics in 2024
Politics

Will Trump win? Are the Tories finished? The man behind Jonathan Pie predicts politics in 2024

TUC chief Paul Nowak on activism, cost of living crisis and what’s next for UK’s workforce
Activism

TUC chief Paul Nowak on activism, cost of living crisis and what’s next for UK’s workforce

New Year Honours list: Emilia Clarke and her mum made MBEs for setting up brain injury charity
New Year Honours

New Year Honours list: Emilia Clarke and her mum made MBEs for setting up brain injury charity

From Boris to Starmer: The man behind Jonathan Pie takes on 2023’s wildest political moments
Politics

From Boris to Starmer: The man behind Jonathan Pie takes on 2023’s wildest political moments

Sewage has made Britain a laughing stock. We need to pull our fingers out and rescue our rivers
James Wallace

Sewage has made Britain a laughing stock. We need to pull our fingers out and rescue our rivers

2024 is a chance to reject politicians’ migrant blame game at the ballot box
Immigration

2024 is a chance to reject politicians’ migrant blame game at the ballot box

UK government spent millions defending its Rwanda plan. Here’s how that money could be better spent
A modest proposal

UK government spent millions defending its Rwanda plan. Here’s how that money could be better spent

I was groomed by drug gangs and forced into slavery, aged 9. I’m lucky to have made it out alive
Modern slavery

I was groomed by drug gangs and forced into slavery, aged 9. I’m lucky to have made it out alive

2023 was very, very tough for disabled people – but we can’t let the Tories win
Rachel Charlton-Dailey

2023 was very, very tough for disabled people – but we can’t let the Tories win

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End to household support fund will mean ‘more people will go cold, hungry and lose their homes’
Cost of living crisis

End to household support fund will mean ‘more people will go cold, hungry and lose their homes’

Homeless refugee rushed to A&E after being found freezing on doorstep: ‘It’s getting worse’
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Homeless refugee rushed to A&E after being found freezing on doorstep: ‘It’s getting worse’

‘A national scandal’: Half of teachers in England work with homeless children, damning poll finds
homelessness

‘A national scandal’: Half of teachers in England work with homeless children, damning poll finds

Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over the Christmas period
Christmas

Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over the Christmas period