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Sure Start centres helped poorer children do better at GCSEs – before being decimated by Tories
Education

Sure Start centres helped poorer children do better at GCSEs – before being decimated by Tories

Taking an earlier, smaller state pension could see pensioners ‘suffer for rest of their lives’
Pensions

Taking an earlier, smaller state pension could see pensioners ‘suffer for rest of their lives’

‘What are we going to do?’: Misery for commuters as train strikes continue
Train strikes

‘What are we going to do?’: Misery for commuters as train strikes continue

DWP benefits and state pension rising from April. Here’s when you will get the higher amount
Benefits

DWP benefits and state pension rising from April. Here’s when you will get the higher amount

Rent will rise faster than wages for years, think tank warns: ‘Nowhere to hide from housing crisis’
RENTING

Rent will rise faster than wages for years, think tank warns: ‘Nowhere to hide from housing crisis’

Government must fix council tax benefits, charity says, as millions pushed into debt
Benefits

Government must fix council tax benefits, charity says, as millions pushed into debt

World’s billionaires are worth £11.3 trillion. Here’s how their cash could make the world a better place
Wealth

World’s billionaires are worth £11.3 trillion. Here’s how their cash could make the world a better place

DWP shamed over ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap as millions trapped in poverty: ‘Scrap this sibling tax’
Benefits

DWP shamed over ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap as millions trapped in poverty: ‘Scrap this sibling tax’

Sadiq Khan promises 6,000 rent control homes for London key workers: ‘I’ll be a renters’ champion’
Housing

Sadiq Khan promises 6,000 rent control homes for London key workers: ‘I’ll be a renters’ champion’

Single mum with arthritis faces homelessness after ‘absolutely disgusting’ no-fault eviction
Renting

Single mum with arthritis faces homelessness after ‘absolutely disgusting’ no-fault eviction

‘I feel judged for being smelly’: Millions can’t afford to wash their clothes as hygiene poverty soars
Hygiene poverty

‘I feel judged for being smelly’: Millions can’t afford to wash their clothes as hygiene poverty soars

British farmers demand universal basic income to prevent bankruptcy in wake of Brexit
Universal Basic Income

British farmers demand universal basic income to prevent bankruptcy in wake of Brexit

‘DWP has learnt nothing’: DWP sparks fury by seizing woman’s £16k inheritance over Co-op job
Department for Work and Pensions

‘DWP has learnt nothing’: DWP sparks fury by seizing woman’s £16k inheritance over Co-op job

Sunak’s government slammed for ‘protecting’ frequent flyers amid calls for a new green tax
Environment

Sunak’s government slammed for ‘protecting’ frequent flyers amid calls for a new green tax

‘Democracy is stronger when more people take part’: Voter ID may stop millions from voting in 2024
Democracy

‘Democracy is stronger when more people take part’: Voter ID may stop millions from voting in 2024

‘A national scandal’: Shocking number of kids living in dangerously mouldy homes, social workers say
Cost of living crisis

‘A national scandal’: Shocking number of kids living in dangerously mouldy homes, social workers say

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Christopher Eccleston to run London Marathon for Big Issue: ‘I’ll be happy just to get round’
Sport

Christopher Eccleston to run London Marathon for Big Issue: ‘I’ll be happy just to get round’

Parents can now get 15 hours free childcare for two-year-olds. Here’s how
Cost of living crisis

Parents can now get 15 hours free childcare for two-year-olds. Here’s how

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?