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Taxes, benefit cuts and bad jokes: Key takeaways from the Tory general election manifesto launch
General Election 2024

Taxes, benefit cuts and bad jokes: Key takeaways from the Tory general election manifesto launch

Water companies paid shareholders £377 for every hour they pumped sewage into seas, study finds
Pollution

Water companies paid shareholders £377 for every hour they pumped sewage into seas, study finds

‘It’s abhorrent they’re still allowed’: Why zero-hours contracts must be made a thing of the past
General election 2024

‘It’s abhorrent they’re still allowed’: Why zero-hours contracts must be made a thing of the past

How shuttered airports could be brought back to life to tackle UK’s housing crisis
Housing crisis

How shuttered airports could be brought back to life to tackle UK’s housing crisis

Lib Dems hailed for putting NHS and social care at ‘heart’ of election with ‘welcome’ manifesto
General election 2024

Lib Dems hailed for putting NHS and social care at ‘heart’ of election with ‘welcome’ manifesto

Rishi Sunak says slashing benefits is his ‘moral mission’. But what’s moral about causing anxiety?
Benefits

Rishi Sunak says slashing benefits is his ‘moral mission’. But what’s moral about causing anxiety?

‘You can hear your stomach growling’: Kids call on next government to do more to end child poverty
General election 2024

‘You can hear your stomach growling’: Kids call on next government to do more to end child poverty

Nearly half of brain injury survivors claim benefits – without enough support to get back to work
Employment

Nearly half of brain injury survivors claim benefits – without enough support to get back to work

Rory Stewart: ‘The Conservative Party is being punished for Boris Johnson and Liz Truss’
Politics

Rory Stewart: ‘The Conservative Party is being punished for Boris Johnson and Liz Truss’

Being pregnant during cost of living crisis made me depressed. Baby banks helped take the shame away
Baby banks

Being pregnant during cost of living crisis made me depressed. Baby banks helped take the shame away

DWP universal credit increase 2024 – everything benefit claimants need to know
Universal credit

DWP universal credit increase 2024 – everything benefit claimants need to know

DWP plans to spy on benefit claimants’ bank accounts must ‘never be resurrected’
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP plans to spy on benefit claimants’ bank accounts must ‘never be resurrected’

Everything you need to know about Tories’ watered-down leasehold reforms
Housing

Everything you need to know about Tories’ watered-down leasehold reforms

One in four English councils under ‘shocking strain’ due to temporary accommodation costs
Housing

One in four English councils under ‘shocking strain’ due to temporary accommodation costs

Labour unveils ‘ambitious’ plan to help people buy their first home. But is it enough?
General election 2024

Labour unveils ‘ambitious’ plan to help people buy their first home. But is it enough?

‘Shocking’: Nearly 3,000 homeless people arrested under 200-year-old Vagrancy Act since 2021
Rough sleeping

‘Shocking’: Nearly 3,000 homeless people arrested under 200-year-old Vagrancy Act since 2021

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Is the homeownership dream over for young people? Here’s how old the average first-time buyer really is
Homeownership

Is the homeownership dream over for young people? Here’s how old the average first-time buyer really is

General election 2024: Over 100 seats have been held by the same party for a century, study finds
General election 2024

General election 2024: Over 100 seats have been held by the same party for a century, study finds

‘Annoyed but not surprised’: Outrage as benefits, welfare and DWP all but absent from election debate
General election 2024

‘Annoyed but not surprised’: Outrage as benefits, welfare and DWP all but absent from election debate

‘We need better politics than this’: Sunak and Starmer’s election debate leaves voters unimpressed
General election 2024

‘We need better politics than this’: Sunak and Starmer’s election debate leaves voters unimpressed