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DWP falsely accuses single mum of owing £12,000 – when they actually owe her money
Benefits

DWP falsely accuses single mum of owing £12,000 – when they actually owe her money

Outrage after one-year-old baby hospitalised six times due to damp and mould-ridden rental home
Housing

Outrage after one-year-old baby hospitalised six times due to damp and mould-ridden rental home

Social media and closure of youth ‘safe spaces’ could lead to surge in violent crime, research warns
Youth centres

Social media and closure of youth ‘safe spaces’ could lead to surge in violent crime, research warns

Wealth of world’s five richest men doubles as five billion people get poorer: ‘It’s not democratic’
Wealth tax

Wealth of world’s five richest men doubles as five billion people get poorer: ‘It’s not democratic’

Young man made homeless aged 11 after fleeing abusive home tells UK government to ‘wake up’ and help
Youth homelessness

Young man made homeless aged 11 after fleeing abusive home tells UK government to ‘wake up’ and help

DWP could deny benefits to hundreds of thousands of disabled and ill people under new plans
Disability benefits

DWP could deny benefits to hundreds of thousands of disabled and ill people under new plans

What Keir Starmer can learn from Britain’s first Labour government – 100 years ago
Politics

What Keir Starmer can learn from Britain’s first Labour government – 100 years ago

Anger over plan to axe data on people who die while homeless: ‘Now is not the time’
homelessness

Anger over plan to axe data on people who die while homeless: ‘Now is not the time’

Manchester mayor Andy Burnham: ‘If you don’t give people good homes they can’t have good lives’
Housing

Manchester mayor Andy Burnham: ‘If you don’t give people good homes they can’t have good lives’

‘The trauma is absolutely huge’: Refugee homelessness crisis grips Sheffield
Refugee homelessness crisis

‘The trauma is absolutely huge’: Refugee homelessness crisis grips Sheffield

HS2 boss admits cost of railway could soar to £66.6bn. Here’s how that money could be better spent
A modest proposal

HS2 boss admits cost of railway could soar to £66.6bn. Here’s how that money could be better spent

How UK’s two-child benefit cap is trapping kids in poverty and pushing families to ‘breaking point’
Child poverty

How UK’s two-child benefit cap is trapping kids in poverty and pushing families to ‘breaking point’

30 hours free childcare: Who is eligible and how do I apply in 2024?
Childcare

30 hours free childcare: Who is eligible and how do I apply in 2024?

Here’s when people will get the cold weather payment as temperatures drop below freezing
Cost of living crisis

Here’s when people will get the cold weather payment as temperatures drop below freezing

Ethnic minorities are still paid less than white colleagues – and pay parity is long, long overdue
Ethnicity pay gap

Ethnic minorities are still paid less than white colleagues – and pay parity is long, long overdue

Tax-free childcare: How does it work, how much can you save and how can you apply?
Childcare

Tax-free childcare: How does it work, how much can you save and how can you apply?

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Two-thirds of government’s £4.2bn housebuilding fund remains unspent – so we spent it for them
Housing crisis

Two-thirds of government’s £4.2bn housebuilding fund remains unspent – so we spent it for them

How to get help with childcare if you are on universal credit
Childcare

How to get help with childcare if you are on universal credit

Sophie Winkleman, Peep Show’s Big Suze and royal actress, on lessons learned from Big Issue vendors
Our vendors

Sophie Winkleman, Peep Show’s Big Suze and royal actress, on lessons learned from Big Issue vendors

Everything you need to know about UK’s shameful Post Office scandal
Post Office scandal

Everything you need to know about UK’s shameful Post Office scandal