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DWP blasted for blowing half a million pounds defending disability benefit cuts: ‘What a failure’
Disability benefits

DWP blasted for blowing half a million pounds defending disability benefit cuts: ‘What a failure’

Uncertainty around disability benefit cuts is triggering bipolar symptoms, experts warn
Simon Kitchen

Uncertainty around disability benefit cuts is triggering bipolar symptoms, experts warn

Dozens use UK’s first drugs consumption room in opening weeks – but ‘barriers’ still remain
Drugs

Dozens use UK’s first drugs consumption room in opening weeks – but ‘barriers’ still remain

Housing developers are raking in cash while young people sleep in parks – it has to stop
Jacob

Housing developers are raking in cash while young people sleep in parks – it has to stop

‘We get sick, Meta get rich’: Why the ‘guinea pig generation’ wants Labour to tax social media giants
Social Media

‘We get sick, Meta get rich’: Why the ‘guinea pig generation’ wants Labour to tax social media giants

Leukaemia and other blood cancer treatments are a postcode lottery in the UK – this has to change
Fiona Hazell

Leukaemia and other blood cancer treatments are a postcode lottery in the UK – this has to change

The ‘giant misshapen penis’ flower sums up our simple human need for joy
Paul McNamee

The ‘giant misshapen penis’ flower sums up our simple human need for joy

The benefits system is broken – and disabled people pay the price for the DWP’s ‘poor service’
Evan John

The benefits system is broken – and disabled people pay the price for the DWP’s ‘poor service’

Disabled Brits suffering ‘unacceptably poor’ treatment at hands of the DWP, damning report finds
Disability benefits

Disabled Brits suffering ‘unacceptably poor’ treatment at hands of the DWP, damning report finds

Dear men, it’s not a weakness to be vulnerable or ask for help
Music

Dear men, it’s not a weakness to be vulnerable or ask for help

Labour must invest in benefits system to lift children out of poverty, shameful report finds
Child poverty

Labour must invest in benefits system to lift children out of poverty, shameful report finds

James O’Brien on being adopted and why he hasn’t met his birth mum: ‘So much of life is luck’
Adoption

James O’Brien on being adopted and why he hasn’t met his birth mum: ‘So much of life is luck’

Disability benefits such as PIP are actually good for the economy, economists say
Disability benefits

Disability benefits such as PIP are actually good for the economy, economists say

‘It’s deeply upsetting’: 80 homeless children have died in temporary accommodation in just one year
Temporary accommodation

‘It’s deeply upsetting’: 80 homeless children have died in temporary accommodation in just one year

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Culture and sport
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Culture and sport

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Health and disability
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Health and disability

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Pete Doherty: ‘Living without heroin was very hard to imagine’
Letter To My Younger Self

Pete Doherty: ‘Living without heroin was very hard to imagine’

Shortcuts and life hacks are all well and good – but the brutal truth is you need to put the hours in
Sam Delaney

Shortcuts and life hacks are all well and good – but the brutal truth is you need to put the hours in

I’m made to feel like a burden for claiming benefits from the DWP. It’s not a way of life – it’s torture
Karen

I’m made to feel like a burden for claiming benefits from the DWP. It’s not a way of life – it’s torture

Meet the people helping homeless women get vital smear tests: ‘You’ve got to hear their voices’
Women's health

Meet the people helping homeless women get vital smear tests: ‘You’ve got to hear their voices’