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Almost no recorded cases of disability benefit fraud despite DWP crackdown: ‘PIP fraud is a non-issue’
Disability benefits

Almost no recorded cases of disability benefit fraud despite DWP crackdown: ‘PIP fraud is a non-issue’

Deaf man awarded £50,000 after ‘oppressive’ and ‘discriminatory’ treatment by DWP
Department for Work and Pensions

Deaf man awarded £50,000 after ‘oppressive’ and ‘discriminatory’ treatment by DWP

Green transition: Help retrain gas workers or risk ‘cliff edge’ job losses, government warned
Green transition

Green transition: Help retrain gas workers or risk ‘cliff edge’ job losses, government warned

All of Keir Starmer’s U-turns and abandoned policy pledges, from child benefits to private schools
Labour

All of Keir Starmer’s U-turns and abandoned policy pledges, from child benefits to private schools

Over 90,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them
RENTING

Over 90,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them

Starmer warned over glaring omission in Labour’s six general election pledges: ‘I’m disappointed’
Housing crisis

Starmer warned over glaring omission in Labour’s six general election pledges: ‘I’m disappointed’

‘We are here and we exist’: Inside the neighbourhood offering sanctuary to queer Russians and Ukrainians
Pride

‘We are here and we exist’: Inside the neighbourhood offering sanctuary to queer Russians and Ukrainians

Scottish government is declaring a national housing emergency – but what does it actually mean?
Housing

Scottish government is declaring a national housing emergency – but what does it actually mean?

Benefits system is ‘utterly failing’ as food bank demand reaches record high: ‘It’s heartbreaking’
Food banks

Benefits system is ‘utterly failing’ as food bank demand reaches record high: ‘It’s heartbreaking’

‘We’re at breaking point’: Food banks see record number of first-time users as demand soars
Food banks

‘We’re at breaking point’: Food banks see record number of first-time users as demand soars

Benefit reforms ‘entirely in the wrong direction’ to help disabled people into work, DWP warned
Benefits

Benefit reforms ‘entirely in the wrong direction’ to help disabled people into work, DWP warned

DWP snooping on benefit claimants’ bank accounts will ‘decimate civil liberties’, campaigners warn
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP snooping on benefit claimants’ bank accounts will ‘decimate civil liberties’, campaigners warn

DWP sparks outcry with plan to hire 2,500 ‘agents’ to investigate universal credit claimants
Benefit fraud

DWP sparks outcry with plan to hire 2,500 ‘agents’ to investigate universal credit claimants

Home Office drops plan to arrest homeless people if they smell
Homelessness

Home Office drops plan to arrest homeless people if they smell

Free school meals: Who is eligible? And how do you apply? Here’s all you need to know
Free school meals

Free school meals: Who is eligible? And how do you apply? Here’s all you need to know

Universal credit changes risk pushing vulnerable benefit claimants ‘into crisis’, DWP warned
Universal credit

Universal credit changes risk pushing vulnerable benefit claimants ‘into crisis’, DWP warned

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Actor Liz Carr says it hurts to hear her younger self ‘wanted to die’
Disability rights

Actor Liz Carr says it hurts to hear her younger self ‘wanted to die’

Call for MPs to support new Ukraine-style visa scheme for Palestinians trapped in Gaza
Israel-Gaza war

Call for MPs to support new Ukraine-style visa scheme for Palestinians trapped in Gaza

‘We’re needed more than ever’: Big Issue’s work has helped millions affected by poverty in last year
Big Issue Group

‘We’re needed more than ever’: Big Issue’s work has helped millions affected by poverty in last year

Green Party leader Carla Denyer on climate crisis, fighting for trans rights and beating Labour
Politics

Green Party leader Carla Denyer on climate crisis, fighting for trans rights and beating Labour