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

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
John Bird

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

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?
Food banks

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
John Bird

Prime minister is a job for the odd fishes

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Why the internet needs to be safer for women
Leyla Buran and Professor Olga Jurasz

Why the internet needs to be safer for women

Starmer’s U-turns have become a joke. But it’s not too late for him to make some hard decisions
Paul Mcnamee

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
Gavin Oldham

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
Immigration

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’
Asylum seekers

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
Kolbassia Haoussou

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

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
Armed forces

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?
Erin Mansell

Working parents can now get 30 hours of free childcare. But do the numbers add up?

What Starmer could learn from watching The Bear
Paul McNamee

What Starmer could learn from watching The Bear

Why we need more migrants in political office
Lara Parizotto

Why we need more migrants in political office

A year of Labour: How has the Starmer government fared in helping people out of debt?
Vikki Brownridge

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’
Disability benefits

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

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
Tamara Ullyart

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’
Digital inclusion

Labour reveals plan to ‘take everybody into a new digital era’: ‘It’s a difference between us and Tories’

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‘I have patients in pain waiting years’: Healthcare workers ‘cautious’ about Labour’s NHS plans
NHS

‘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
Ruth Patrick

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’
Department for Work and Pensions

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
Social Justice

More than 16 million people in poverty, report finds – with deprivation at highest level in decades