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DWP job coaches will soon be in GP surgeries and mental health services
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP job coaches will soon be in GP surgeries and mental health services

Charities have welcomed the increase in employment support for disabled people, but there are also fears that this latest measure could be a ‘huge risk’ which prevents people from accessing medical help

Marmot principles should be applied to government departments for ending poverty
John Bird

Marmot principles should be applied to government departments for ending poverty

Marmot has shown that joined-up thinking works. It’s time to expand that idea

The UK is not doing well. Here’s how the Marmot Principles could help Starmer turn things around
Marmot Places

The UK is not doing well. Here’s how the Marmot Principles could help Starmer turn things around

Marmot Places are spreading across the UK, bringing joined-up thinking to tackle health inequalities. Marmot’s founder is here to explain

What are the eight Marmot Principles and how could they transform the health of a local area?
Health inequality

What are the eight Marmot Principles and how could they transform the health of a local area?

When are you putting the heating on?
Your views

When are you putting the heating on?

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Mounjaro for all! Will Wes Streeting’s plan for weight loss jabs on the NHS really work?
Paul McNamee

Mounjaro for all! Will Wes Streeting’s plan for weight loss jabs on the NHS really work?

Letters: I’ve never met someone with a learning disability earning £30,000 a year
Letters

Letters: I’ve never met someone with a learning disability earning £30,000 a year

Living with Tourette’s syndrome is exhausting, heartbreaking… and undeniably funny
Health

Living with Tourette’s syndrome is exhausting, heartbreaking… and undeniably funny

The DWP is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of disabled people. Here’s how to overhaul it
Benefits

The DWP is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of disabled people. Here’s how to overhaul it

Kinship carers are sleeping on sofas and floors to keep children out of care, study finds
Care system

Kinship carers are sleeping on sofas and floors to keep children out of care, study finds

Labour could replace two-child limit with a tapered system. Is it enough to tackle child poverty?
Child poverty

Labour could replace two-child limit with a tapered system. Is it enough to tackle child poverty?

Why it’s time to stop saying the c-word when talking about suicide
Josie Jakub

Why it’s time to stop saying the c-word when talking about suicide

Gogglebox star Daniel Lustig-Webb: ‘Why I’m learning sign language at 50-years-old’
Daniel Lustig-Webb

Gogglebox star Daniel Lustig-Webb: ‘Why I’m learning sign language at 50-years-old’

What could – and should – be in Labour’s long-awaited child poverty strategy?
Child poverty

What could – and should – be in Labour’s long-awaited child poverty strategy?

Children with SEND need support. The government must not restrict their rights
Bethany Bale

Children with SEND need support. The government must not restrict their rights

Hunger is a political choice. Could a ‘Right to Food’ change everything?
Dr Regina Murphy Keith and Dr Sharon Noonan

Hunger is a political choice. Could a ‘Right to Food’ change everything?

Revealed: Over a third of parents who care for sick or disabled children have considered suicide
Social care

Revealed: Over a third of parents who care for sick or disabled children have considered suicide

Influencer Holly Morris: ‘I masked my autism and ADHD all my life – now I’m ready to be me’
Holly Morris

Influencer Holly Morris: ‘I masked my autism and ADHD all my life – now I’m ready to be me’

Children in deprived areas of Scotland are three times more likely to die before their first birthday
Julie Cameron

Children in deprived areas of Scotland are three times more likely to die before their first birthday

Brain disease linked to boxers and American football players found in homeless people
Homelessness

Brain disease linked to boxers and American football players found in homeless people

The fashion industry is failing Britain’s ageing population – retailers must wake up
Dr Jackie Gray

The fashion industry is failing Britain’s ageing population – retailers must wake up

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Your child could be the next Armand Duplantis. But how would you ever know?
Paul McNamee

Your child could be the next Armand Duplantis. But how would you ever know?

This snooker club is giving people with physical and learning disabilities their big break
Sport

This snooker club is giving people with physical and learning disabilities their big break

Adam Buxton: ‘Being a carer is the right thing to do – but it’s so hard, especially if it’s your parents’
Letter To My Younger Self

Adam Buxton: ‘Being a carer is the right thing to do – but it’s so hard, especially if it’s your parents’

Number of full-time unpaid carers in Britain soars by 70%: ‘Millions of us are carers or need care’
Social care

Number of full-time unpaid carers in Britain soars by 70%: ‘Millions of us are carers or need care’