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Boris Johnson and David Cameron are not sticking knives into human beings. So what stops them?
John Bird

Boris Johnson and David Cameron are not sticking knives into human beings. So what stops them?

‘Where’s the compassion?’: Council refuses to give 11-year-old boy his father’s ashes after funeral
Funeral poverty

‘Where’s the compassion?’: Council refuses to give 11-year-old boy his father’s ashes after funeral

Letters: Starmer went after the Daily Mail vote – and looks intent on keeping it
Letters

Letters: Starmer went after the Daily Mail vote – and looks intent on keeping it

The budget was a start from Labour – but we need much more to transform disabled people’s lives
Chloe Schendel-Wilson

The budget was a start from Labour – but we need much more to transform disabled people’s lives

Labour’s autumn budget was another failure to make real change for disabled people
Mikey Erhardt

Labour’s autumn budget was another failure to make real change for disabled people

Nitazenes are claiming homeless lives. Here’s how one group is fighting the deadly threat
Opinion

Nitazenes are claiming homeless lives. Here’s how one group is fighting the deadly threat

‘Back to cost of living crisis’: Households will be £770 worse off by next UK election, experts say
Cost of living crisis

‘Back to cost of living crisis’: Households will be £770 worse off by next UK election, experts say

Buffer zones outside abortion clinics are step in right direction – but other problems persist
Abortion

Buffer zones outside abortion clinics are step in right direction – but other problems persist

‘Gen Z are turning to culture instead of alcohol’: Is the party holiday officially over?  
Sustainable travel

‘Gen Z are turning to culture instead of alcohol’: Is the party holiday officially over?  

‘This will be costly’: Fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support over pension credit backlog
Winter fuel payment

‘This will be costly’: Fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support over pension credit backlog

Special needs children forced out of school by ‘crumbling’ system, figures show
Education

Special needs children forced out of school by ‘crumbling’ system, figures show

Pushing mentally ill people from their hospital beds and into offices will only make things worse
Dr Claire Ashley

Pushing mentally ill people from their hospital beds and into offices will only make things worse

Nitazenes: Harm reduction advice to help keep safe
Drugs

Nitazenes: Harm reduction advice to help keep safe

Meet the only scientist who knows just how bad the UK’s drug deaths crisis truly is
Drugs

Meet the only scientist who knows just how bad the UK’s drug deaths crisis truly is

Poverty has become everyday. It’s time to give our children some hope
Paul McNamee

Poverty has become everyday. It’s time to give our children some hope

Letters: Sending job coaches to mental health wards isn’t just ludicrous – it’s desperate
Letters

Letters: Sending job coaches to mental health wards isn’t just ludicrous – it’s desperate

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Universal credit top up of just £25 per week would ‘benefit whole of society’, study finds
Universal credit

Universal credit top up of just £25 per week would ‘benefit whole of society’, study finds

Children in poverty are missing out on memories in the school holidays. We want to change that
Emma Revie and Nick Merriman

Children in poverty are missing out on memories in the school holidays. We want to change that

I composed a piece of music made from the dying beats of my father’s heart
Music

I composed a piece of music made from the dying beats of my father’s heart

Labour can stop more vulnerable people dying from drugs like nitazenes – if it wants. Here’s how
Luke O'Neil

Labour can stop more vulnerable people dying from drugs like nitazenes – if it wants. Here’s how