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Keir Starmer: ‘I’d offer to pay if I saw a parent shoplifting baby formula’
General election 2024

Keir Starmer: ‘I’d offer to pay if I saw a parent shoplifting baby formula’

Housing advice for people with learning disabilities: ‘It’s so important people know their rights’
Learning Disability Week 2024

Housing advice for people with learning disabilities: ‘It’s so important people know their rights’

Benefits, bills and safe routes for refugees: All the issues the major parties aren’t talking about
General election 2024

Benefits, bills and safe routes for refugees: All the issues the major parties aren’t talking about

Overgrown lads should act their age – even at a Liam Gallagher gig
Sam Delaney

Overgrown lads should act their age – even at a Liam Gallagher gig

This vegan restaurant offers workers with learning disabilities a pathway to independence
Learning disability week 2024

This vegan restaurant offers workers with learning disabilities a pathway to independence

‘Music is an important creative outlet’: IDLES answer questions from superfan with Angelman syndrome
Music

‘Music is an important creative outlet’: IDLES answer questions from superfan with Angelman syndrome

Even though I have Down’s syndrome, I know how to party. I’m the first and last on the dance floor
Learning Disability Week 2024

Even though I have Down’s syndrome, I know how to party. I’m the first and last on the dance floor

‘Out of touch’: Rishi Sunak urged everyone to ‘buy British’ food – but there are several big problems
General election 2024

‘Out of touch’: Rishi Sunak urged everyone to ‘buy British’ food – but there are several big problems

I have terminal cancer and a learning disability. Life would be miserable without my social care worker
Learning Disability Week 2024

I have terminal cancer and a learning disability. Life would be miserable without my social care worker

‘I want to get out’: The fight for people with learning disabilities to live at home – not hospitals
Learning Disability Week 2024

‘I want to get out’: The fight for people with learning disabilities to live at home – not hospitals

Special Olympian and COALPIT Welsh Cake founder Michael Benyon shares his favourite recipes
Food

Special Olympian and COALPIT Welsh Cake founder Michael Benyon shares his favourite recipes

How world’s first drag troupe with Down’s syndrome is breaking boundaries for people with disabilities
Learning Disability Week 2024

How world’s first drag troupe with Down’s syndrome is breaking boundaries for people with disabilities

One in five Brits say they feel ‘reluctant’ just talking to someone with a learning disability
Learning disability week 2024

One in five Brits say they feel ‘reluctant’ just talking to someone with a learning disability

Paralympian Jessica-Jane Applegate on winning gold and being told she doesn’t look disabled enough
Learning Disability Week 2024

Paralympian Jessica-Jane Applegate on winning gold and being told she doesn’t look disabled enough

How outdated misconceptions about people with learning disabilities are holding society back
Ben Tinkler

How outdated misconceptions about people with learning disabilities are holding society back

Inside the Big Issue: Learning Disability Week special edition
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Learning Disability Week special edition

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‘It feels like performative empathy’: Why opt out emails for Father’s Day can make the grief worse
Father's day

‘It feels like performative empathy’: Why opt out emails for Father’s Day can make the grief worse

Why I’m silenced by the fear of being called a bigot
Robin Ince

Why I’m silenced by the fear of being called a bigot

‘Your world changes in a moment’: Brain injury survivors share remarkable stories of strength and triumph
Health

‘Your world changes in a moment’: Brain injury survivors share remarkable stories of strength and triumph

Covid destroyed my mental health and I lost everything – but discovering boxing turned my life around
Health

Covid destroyed my mental health and I lost everything – but discovering boxing turned my life around