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Mr Starmer, your plan for the benefits bill is same nonsense the Tories would have come up with
Paul McNamee

Mr Starmer, your plan for the benefits bill is same nonsense the Tories would have come up with

Rachel Reeves should see that ending poverty is fiscally responsible. Here’s why
John Bird

Rachel Reeves should see that ending poverty is fiscally responsible. Here’s why

Why Netflix romcom Nobody Wants This should be compulsory viewing for teenage boys
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Why Netflix romcom Nobody Wants This should be compulsory viewing for teenage boys

‘I lost everything imaginable’: Women in Gaza recall how a year of war has upended their lives
Shurooq, Asmaa and Raja

‘I lost everything imaginable’: Women in Gaza recall how a year of war has upended their lives

The UK needed Bronski Beat in 1984. Forty years on, their pop and politics remind us to be strong
Lucy Robinson

The UK needed Bronski Beat in 1984. Forty years on, their pop and politics remind us to be strong

Rivals and the joy of Jilly Cooper: ‘No other author writes about sex as freely or courageously’
Daisy Buchanan

Rivals and the joy of Jilly Cooper: ‘No other author writes about sex as freely or courageously’

DWP minister: ‘Disability pay gap marks a decade of lost potential for disabled people’
Stephen Timms

DWP minister: ‘Disability pay gap marks a decade of lost potential for disabled people’

Keir Starmer’s promise to slash red tape and ‘rip out bureaucracy’ is a step backwards for Britain
Phoebe Clay

Keir Starmer’s promise to slash red tape and ‘rip out bureaucracy’ is a step backwards for Britain

Hunger and broken shoes: Why we need a more compassionate approach to council tax debt collection
Emily Whitford

Hunger and broken shoes: Why we need a more compassionate approach to council tax debt collection

William Blake gave voice to the nation. The least we can do is save his cottage
John Higgs

William Blake gave voice to the nation. The least we can do is save his cottage

Yes, live music can change your life
Sam Delaney

Yes, live music can change your life

Starmer’s first 100 days sees the UK in Bizarro World. Is this really the change people voted for?
Adam Barnett

Starmer’s first 100 days sees the UK in Bizarro World. Is this really the change people voted for?

Will Labour’s employment and renting reform bills finally end millennials’ insecurity?
Alice Martin

Will Labour’s employment and renting reform bills finally end millennials’ insecurity?

Mental health impact of debt and cost of living must stop being overlooked
Julie Bentley

Mental health impact of debt and cost of living must stop being overlooked

The story of my life – in 62 pubs
John Bird

The story of my life – in 62 pubs

DWP plans to spy on claimants’ bank accounts will pile misery onto disabled people
Mikey Erhardt

DWP plans to spy on claimants’ bank accounts will pile misery onto disabled people

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I spy a new John Le Carré novel – well, almost
Paul McNamee

I spy a new John Le Carré novel – well, almost

Starmer and Streeting have talked the talk on mental health support – now they must walk the walk
Oliver Chantler

Starmer and Streeting have talked the talk on mental health support – now they must walk the walk

Dehumanising rhetoric on immigration shows we have learned nothing from the Windrush Scandal
Nick Beales

Dehumanising rhetoric on immigration shows we have learned nothing from the Windrush Scandal

Reasons for keeping two-child benefit cap are thin at best and cruel at worst – Labour must lift it
Vikki Brownridge

Reasons for keeping two-child benefit cap are thin at best and cruel at worst – Labour must lift it