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Rachel Reeves cracks down on benefit fraud. How much could she really save – and at what cost?
Benefit fraud

Rachel Reeves cracks down on benefit fraud. How much could she really save – and at what cost?

Most girls drop out of sport by puberty. Teenage athlete Issey Kyson is on a race to change that
Sport

Most girls drop out of sport by puberty. Teenage athlete Issey Kyson is on a race to change that

Most people with diabetes have faced shame and judgement: ‘It’s as voluntary as getting a cold’
Diabetes

Most people with diabetes have faced shame and judgement: ‘It’s as voluntary as getting a cold’

Prisoners are dying within a day of their release. What’s going wrong?
Prisons

Prisoners are dying within a day of their release. What’s going wrong?

How people’s love for Freddie Mercury helped overcome fear of HIV
Sir Nick Partridge

How people’s love for Freddie Mercury helped overcome fear of HIV

This premature baby clothes business is helping newborns and parents one joyful baby vest at a time
Health

This premature baby clothes business is helping newborns and parents one joyful baby vest at a time

Shocking number of children in care live without consistent love and support of an adult
Lisa Harker

Shocking number of children in care live without consistent love and support of an adult

Ill health is holding Britain’s economy back. If the government wants growth, it must start there
Peter Babudu

Ill health is holding Britain’s economy back. If the government wants growth, it must start there

‘I would go to school shivering’: 300,000 children in the UK may go without a coat this winter
Child poverty

‘I would go to school shivering’: 300,000 children in the UK may go without a coat this winter

Loneliness is a growing problem. It’s time we started talking to each other
Paul McNamee

Loneliness is a growing problem. It’s time we started talking to each other

Britain’s obesity crisis is driven by poverty and bad food. But are weight-loss jabs really the answer?
Health

Britain’s obesity crisis is driven by poverty and bad food. But are weight-loss jabs really the answer?

What’s behind the rising tide of loneliness? It’s complicated…
James Rose

What’s behind the rising tide of loneliness? It’s complicated…

We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped
Food

We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped

Edible insects were once the future of food. Now it’s crickets. Where did it go wrong?
Food

Edible insects were once the future of food. Now it’s crickets. Where did it go wrong?

Millions of Brits can’t afford to buy enough food. How do we feed a hungry nation?
Food

Millions of Brits can’t afford to buy enough food. How do we feed a hungry nation?

Benefit cap puts single mothers like me at risk of homelessness and destitution
Clare Bowen

Benefit cap puts single mothers like me at risk of homelessness and destitution

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Disabled people have to be at the table with the government to ‘keep Britain working’
Claire Fisher

Disabled people have to be at the table with the government to ‘keep Britain working’

‘There are good people in the world’: The impact of supported lodgings on young people without family
Supported lodgings

‘There are good people in the world’: The impact of supported lodgings on young people without family

Modern fishing is going further, bigger and deeper than ever. But there’s a big catch
Food

Modern fishing is going further, bigger and deeper than ever. But there’s a big catch

After growing up in poverty, I know the anger 4.5 million children must feel
Georgia Sullivan

After growing up in poverty, I know the anger 4.5 million children must feel