health and wellbeing
This theatre company uses Jellycat toys to break barriers for children across the UK

This theatre company uses Jellycat toys to break barriers for children across the UK
Toucan Theatre is using Jellycat toys, gadgets and communication tools to make its productions accessible for everyone
‘Time for radical thinking’: What’s the bigger picture behind Reeves’ dramatic benefit cuts?

‘Time for radical thinking’: What’s the bigger picture behind Reeves’ dramatic benefit cuts?
Millions will be made worse off by the government’s benefits cuts. But the ramifications of Rachel Reeves’ spring statement could be even wider
People with severe mental illness twice as likely to be disconnected by utility companies

People with severe mental illness twice as likely to be disconnected by utility companies
More than half of people in utility arrears are experiencing some kind of mental health problem, new analysis from Martin Lewis’ Money and Mental Health Policy Institute shows
Social opportunity should take the place of social security
Social opportunity should take the place of social security
How building a healthier society will get Rachel Reeves out of a bind
How building a healthier society will get Rachel Reeves out of a bind
Being diagnosed with a brain tumour was the best day of my life. Here’s how it let me help others

Being diagnosed with a brain tumour was the best day of my life. Here’s how it let me help others
Letters: Covid was a chance to reset. So why are we still working until we drop?

Letters: Covid was a chance to reset. So why are we still working until we drop?
DWP payment dates in April 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

DWP payment dates in April 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
DWP ‘work coach shortage’ could undermine Labour’s bid to help disabled people into work

DWP ‘work coach shortage’ could undermine Labour’s bid to help disabled people into work
DWP figures show two in five single parents are living in poverty: ‘It’s a terrible situation’

DWP figures show two in five single parents are living in poverty: ‘It’s a terrible situation’
Food banks aren’t the solution to poverty – especially when businesses use them to dump food waste

Food banks aren’t the solution to poverty – especially when businesses use them to dump food waste
Covid exposed the brutal realities of UK health inequality – has anything really changed?

Covid exposed the brutal realities of UK health inequality – has anything really changed?
Child poverty hits new record high – before Labour benefit cuts will push 50,000 more into hardship

Child poverty hits new record high – before Labour benefit cuts will push 50,000 more into hardship
250,000 people will be plunged into poverty by benefit cuts, DWP analysis reveals

250,000 people will be plunged into poverty by benefit cuts, DWP analysis reveals
‘Welfare not warfare’: Disabled people hold Downing Street protest over Spring Statement benefit cuts

‘Welfare not warfare’: Disabled people hold Downing Street protest over Spring Statement benefit cuts
Benefit cuts and big housebuilding promises: What Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement means for you

Benefit cuts and big housebuilding promises: What Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement means for you
‘People are scared’: Surge in helpline calls after Labour announces plans for benefit cuts

‘People are scared’: Surge in helpline calls after Labour announces plans for benefit cuts
It’s 15 years since the UK government promised to end child poverty. Time to revive that ambition

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

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

‘It worries me it could happen again’: How Covid turned life upside down for children and young people
‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’

‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’
Labour’s benefits cuts are short-sighted, whatever way you look at it

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

Adolescence is a powerful wake-up call about what’s happening to our sons online
Labour’s rushed cuts to benefits will see severely disabled people plunged into deep poverty

Labour’s rushed cuts to benefits will see severely disabled people plunged into deep poverty
Poor women without education least likely to recover from effects of Covid, study finds
