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Rough sleeping is deadly. We meet the NHS outreach workers trying to save lives on the street

Rough sleeping is deadly. We meet the NHS outreach workers trying to save lives on the street
Efforts to treat homelessness as a health problem often rely on lone mavericks and short-term cash. Can NHS reforms bring more long-term thinking?
I’m in the pulpit delivering a sermon on poverty. If only the government were here to hear it

I’m in the pulpit delivering a sermon on poverty. If only the government were here to hear it
Governments cling to their poverty programmes that keep people in the warehouse of social security
Letters: The government should build MPs a hotel, then they won’t need second homes

Letters: The government should build MPs a hotel, then they won’t need second homes
The bill for putting MPs up in London could be drastically slashed if leaders put their minds to it
Labour says it wants to end the need for food banks. Is there any way it can succeed?
Labour says it wants to end the need for food banks. Is there any way it can succeed?
Prime minister is a job for the odd fishes
Prime minister is a job for the odd fishes
Starmer’s U-turns have become a joke. But it’s not too late for him to make some hard decisions

Starmer’s U-turns have become a joke. But it’s not too late for him to make some hard decisions
Labour’s £9.1bn inheritance tax raid is a missed opportunity to break the cycle of deprivation

Labour’s £9.1bn inheritance tax raid is a missed opportunity to break the cycle of deprivation
Labour’s immigration changes could cost £11bn due to ‘significant loss’ for UK workforce

Labour’s immigration changes could cost £11bn due to ‘significant loss’ for UK workforce
UK asylum system delays and inefficiencies found to be ‘wasting public funds’ and ‘harming lives’

UK asylum system delays and inefficiencies found to be ‘wasting public funds’ and ‘harming lives’
The government’s new immigration ‘shake up’ will only punish torture survivors like me

The government’s new immigration ‘shake up’ will only punish torture survivors like me
Keir Starmer writes for Big Issue: ‘It’s about time we rebalanced the system to give renters more power’

Keir Starmer writes for Big Issue: ‘It’s about time we rebalanced the system to give renters more power’
The military is the only job where people are asked to kill. Here’s how to make the system fairer

The military is the only job where people are asked to kill. Here’s how to make the system fairer
Working parents can now get 30 hours of free childcare. But do the numbers add up?

Working parents can now get 30 hours of free childcare. But do the numbers add up?
A year of Labour: How has the Starmer government fared in helping people out of debt?

A year of Labour: How has the Starmer government fared in helping people out of debt?
Here’s why 49 Labour MPs still voted against Starmer’s benefits bill: ‘It’s not the Labour way’

Here’s why 49 Labour MPs still voted against Starmer’s benefits bill: ‘It’s not the Labour way’
Letters: Is it any surprise there’s a lack of patience with Labour?

Letters: Is it any surprise there’s a lack of patience with Labour?
The future feels bleak for Gen Zs like me. It’s time for a Green New Deal

The future feels bleak for Gen Zs like me. It’s time for a Green New Deal
Labour reveals plan to ‘take everybody into a new digital era’: ‘It’s a difference between us and Tories’

Labour reveals plan to ‘take everybody into a new digital era’: ‘It’s a difference between us and Tories’
‘I have patients in pain waiting years’: Healthcare workers ‘cautious’ about Labour’s NHS plans

‘I have patients in pain waiting years’: Healthcare workers ‘cautious’ about Labour’s NHS plans
Labour must actually bring change in 2025 – and that means changing its approach to benefits

Labour must actually bring change in 2025 – and that means changing its approach to benefits
Labour warned against ‘scare tactics’ after revealing Jobcentres reform plan to ‘get Britain working’

Labour warned against ‘scare tactics’ after revealing Jobcentres reform plan to ‘get Britain working’
More than 16 million people in poverty, report finds – with deprivation at highest level in decades



