Social Justice

LGBTQ+ kids worry their straight parents won’t accept them. Here’s one way to fix that
LGBTQ+ rights

LGBTQ+ kids worry their straight parents won’t accept them. Here’s one way to fix that

More than 24 million Brits don’t earn enough for a ‘decent standard of living’, report finds
Cost of living

More than 24 million Brits don’t earn enough for a ‘decent standard of living’, report finds

Warning after DWP reveals how it uses AI to make decisions on benefits
Benefits

Warning after DWP reveals how it uses AI to make decisions on benefits

Brits feel just as poor and miserable as they did last year. When will things get better?
Britain

Brits feel just as poor and miserable as they did last year. When will things get better?

‘Love alone doesn’t pay the bills’: Kinship carers plea for financial support amid surging poverty
Kinship care

‘Love alone doesn’t pay the bills’: Kinship carers plea for financial support amid surging poverty

This ice sculpture makes a powerful point about pensioners after winter fuel payment cut
Winter fuel payment

This ice sculpture makes a powerful point about pensioners after winter fuel payment cut

How do we stop AI becoming an ‘engine of inequality’, and make it a force for good?
Artificial intelligence

How do we stop AI becoming an ‘engine of inequality’, and make it a force for good?

Liz Kendall blasted for ‘fuelling fear’ after saying benefits claimants are ‘taking the mickey’
Benefits

Liz Kendall blasted for ‘fuelling fear’ after saying benefits claimants are ‘taking the mickey’

‘They united the public in opposition to hatred’: What have we learned six months on from UK riots?
UK riots

‘They united the public in opposition to hatred’: What have we learned six months on from UK riots?

DWP blasted for blowing half a million pounds defending disability benefit cuts: ‘What a failure’
Disability benefits

DWP blasted for blowing half a million pounds defending disability benefit cuts: ‘What a failure’

Dozens use UK’s first drugs consumption room in opening weeks – but ‘barriers’ still remain
Drugs

Dozens use UK’s first drugs consumption room in opening weeks – but ‘barriers’ still remain

‘We get sick, Meta get rich’: Why the ‘guinea pig generation’ wants Labour to tax social media giants
Social Media

‘We get sick, Meta get rich’: Why the ‘guinea pig generation’ wants Labour to tax social media giants

DWP’s benefit fraud crackdown blasted as an ‘assault’ on the ‘disabled, sick and elderly’
Benefit fraud

DWP’s benefit fraud crackdown blasted as an ‘assault’ on the ‘disabled, sick and elderly’

I didn’t know I was a human trafficking victim till I was in my 50s – why did nobody rescue me?
Modern slavery

I didn’t know I was a human trafficking victim till I was in my 50s – why did nobody rescue me?

Brits pay way more for housing, transport and alcohol than our European neighbours – here’s why
Cost of living

Brits pay way more for housing, transport and alcohol than our European neighbours – here’s why

Disabled Brits suffering ‘unacceptably poor’ treatment at hands of the DWP, damning report finds
Disability benefits

Disabled Brits suffering ‘unacceptably poor’ treatment at hands of the DWP, damning report finds

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James O’Brien on being adopted and why he hasn’t met his birth mum: ‘So much of life is luck’
Adoption

James O’Brien on being adopted and why he hasn’t met his birth mum: ‘So much of life is luck’

Disability benefits such as PIP are actually good for the economy, economists say
Disability benefits

Disability benefits such as PIP are actually good for the economy, economists say

DWP’s benefit fraud crackdown blasted as ‘one of the biggest assaults on welfare in a generation’
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP’s benefit fraud crackdown blasted as ‘one of the biggest assaults on welfare in a generation’

DWP benefit payment dates in February 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year
Benefits

DWP benefit payment dates in February 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year