Opinion

Food banks aren’t the solution to poverty – especially when businesses use them to dump food waste
Carina Millstone

Food banks aren’t the solution to poverty – especially when businesses use them to dump food waste

For those still dealing with a post-Covid debt hangover, financial resilience is vital
Vikki Brownridge

For those still dealing with a post-Covid debt hangover, financial resilience is vital

Douglas Adams loved much about life and the universe – unlike today’s billionaire space explorers
Robin Ince

Douglas Adams loved much about life and the universe – unlike today’s billionaire space explorers

There’s no defence for raiding the social security pot
John Bird

There’s no defence for raiding the social security pot

It’s 15 years since the UK government promised to end child poverty. Time to revive that ambition
Alex Firth

It’s 15 years since the UK government promised to end child poverty. Time to revive that ambition

We must learn from Covid and ensure that disabled people are never again neglected
Mikey Erhardt

We must learn from Covid and ensure that disabled people are never again neglected

‘It worries me it could happen again’: How Covid turned life upside down for children and young people
Dr Alison Penny

‘It worries me it could happen again’: How Covid turned life upside down for children and young people

Labour’s benefits cuts are short-sighted, whatever way you look at it
Paul McNamee

Labour’s benefits cuts are short-sighted, whatever way you look at it

Adolescence is a powerful wake-up call about what’s happening to our sons online
Holly Green, Dr Daniel Guinness

Adolescence is a powerful wake-up call about what’s happening to our sons online

Labour must learn from the Covid-era Everyone In scheme to end homelessness
John Glenton

Labour must learn from the Covid-era Everyone In scheme to end homelessness

Labour’s rushed cuts to benefits will see severely disabled people plunged into deep poverty
Anela Anwar

Labour’s rushed cuts to benefits will see severely disabled people plunged into deep poverty

Water isn’t just an environmental issue – it’s a humanitarian emergency
Ariyon Bakare

Water isn’t just an environmental issue – it’s a humanitarian emergency

Victorian illnesses like rickets are on the rise. We need radical change to end malnutrition
Lynn Perry

Victorian illnesses like rickets are on the rise. We need radical change to end malnutrition

UK loses £118bn a year to poor mental health. Cutting benefits is not the answer
Oliver Chantler

UK loses £118bn a year to poor mental health. Cutting benefits is not the answer

Disabled people have spent years being attacked as spongers. Labour’s benefit cuts are no different
Mikey Erhardt

Disabled people have spent years being attacked as spongers. Labour’s benefit cuts are no different

Labour’s benefit cuts might only be worth the price tag of a Premier League striker – here’s why
Arun Veerappan

Labour’s benefit cuts might only be worth the price tag of a Premier League striker – here’s why

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I’m a disabled person claiming benefits – and I’ve lost all hope in the Labour government
Arjan

I’m a disabled person claiming benefits – and I’ve lost all hope in the Labour government

Too many children with special educational needs are living in poverty. It’s a waste of public funds
Joanne Barker-Marsh

Too many children with special educational needs are living in poverty. It’s a waste of public funds

Disabled and mentally ill people feel ‘broken and without hope’ over Labour’s plans for benefits
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Disabled and mentally ill people feel ‘broken and without hope’ over Labour’s plans for benefits

Doctors ignored me, a disabled woman, when deciding if I’d be resuscitated in the pandemic
Rahima Begum

Doctors ignored me, a disabled woman, when deciding if I’d be resuscitated in the pandemic