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Revealed: Majority of PIP claimants with heart disease, arthritis and Crohn’s at risk of cuts
Disability benefits

Revealed: Majority of PIP claimants with heart disease, arthritis and Crohn’s at risk of cuts

Government data obtained by the Big Issue shows that, if the cuts to disability benefits go ahead, people with severe health conditions could stand to lose the daily living element of their personal independence payment (PIP)

I’m 17 years old. Here’s how playing bowls has changed my life
Onside Takeover

I’m 17 years old. Here’s how playing bowls has changed my life

A group of young people in Grimsby have found happiness in bowls

I was a class clown and didn’t care what happened to me. Joining a youth club changed everything
Onside Takeover

I was a class clown and didn’t care what happened to me. Joining a youth club changed everything

OnSide found that 93% of young people that attend a youth centre say it has made a positive difference to their lives

England and Wales must follow Scotland’s lead and set legal targets to end child poverty
Poverty

England and Wales must follow Scotland’s lead and set legal targets to end child poverty

Could the government’s disability benefit cuts be blocked by Labour MPs?
Disability benefits

Could the government’s disability benefit cuts be blocked by Labour MPs?

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Inside the food banks seeing ‘highest demand ever seen’ as cost of living harms families
Food banks

Inside the food banks seeing ‘highest demand ever seen’ as cost of living harms families

James Arthur gets candid about mental health with young superfan: ‘I struggled with fame’
Onside Takeover

James Arthur gets candid about mental health with young superfan: ‘I struggled with fame’

Labelling toxic masculinity as ‘incomprehensible’ is a cop out – here’s why
Toxic masculinity

Labelling toxic masculinity as ‘incomprehensible’ is a cop out – here’s why

Can Labour end the need for food banks? The new Crisis and Resilience Fund is a welcome start
Sabine Goodwin

Can Labour end the need for food banks? The new Crisis and Resilience Fund is a welcome start

MPs vote to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales: ‘We are right to give people a choice’
Assisted dying

MPs vote to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales: ‘We are right to give people a choice’

Labour rejects Big Issue founder’s bid to set legally binding child poverty reduction targets
Child poverty

Labour rejects Big Issue founder’s bid to set legally binding child poverty reduction targets

This pharmacy prescribes words and poems to cure your tattered soul
Robin Ince

This pharmacy prescribes words and poems to cure your tattered soul

‘I was barely existing before PIP’: Benefit claimants say they’re ‘terrified’ of Labour’s cuts
Disability benefits

‘I was barely existing before PIP’: Benefit claimants say they’re ‘terrified’ of Labour’s cuts

Rosie Jones: ‘My disability benefits have been cut – but I’m one of the lucky ones’
TV

Rosie Jones: ‘My disability benefits have been cut – but I’m one of the lucky ones’

Labour pushes on with ‘catastrophic’ disability benefit cuts: ‘The government is just not listening’
Disability benefits

Labour pushes on with ‘catastrophic’ disability benefit cuts: ‘The government is just not listening’

Pressure mounts on Labour over two-child benefit cap as Scotland sets end date: ‘Families can’t wait’
Two-child benefit cap

Pressure mounts on Labour over two-child benefit cap as Scotland sets end date: ‘Families can’t wait’

Having to go to a food bank sticks with you – it’s time politicians knew about it
Amie Alissa Watson

Having to go to a food bank sticks with you – it’s time politicians knew about it

Meet the rebel Labour MPs voting against disability benefit cuts: ‘I don’t want to be part of it’
Disability benefits

Meet the rebel Labour MPs voting against disability benefit cuts: ‘I don’t want to be part of it’

People with epilepsy deserve more than our silence
Rebekah Smith

People with epilepsy deserve more than our silence

We ignore ‘forgotten’ diseases like leprosy at our peril
Diseases

We ignore ‘forgotten’ diseases like leprosy at our peril

70,000 more people to lose disability benefits under Labour’s cuts than originally expected
Disability benefits

70,000 more people to lose disability benefits under Labour’s cuts than originally expected

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Letters: Labour is redefining what it means to be disabled to satisfy Rachel Reeves
Letters

Letters: Labour is redefining what it means to be disabled to satisfy Rachel Reeves

Disability benefit cuts will harm hundreds of thousands, MPs warn: ‘A disaster on every front’
Disability benefit cuts

Disability benefit cuts will harm hundreds of thousands, MPs warn: ‘A disaster on every front’

Father’s Day: Why it’s time to start talking about single dads
Fathers Day

Father’s Day: Why it’s time to start talking about single dads

Scrap two-child benefit cap if you’re serious about child poverty, Rachel Reeves told
Two-child benefit cap

Scrap two-child benefit cap if you’re serious about child poverty, Rachel Reeves told