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Children with SEND need support. The government must not restrict their rights
Bethany Bale

Children with SEND need support. The government must not restrict their rights

Hunger is a political choice. Could a ‘Right to Food’ change everything?
Dr Regina Murphy Keith and Dr Sharon Noonan

Hunger is a political choice. Could a ‘Right to Food’ change everything?

Revealed: Over a third of parents who care for sick or disabled children have considered suicide
Social care

Revealed: Over a third of parents who care for sick or disabled children have considered suicide

Influencer Holly Morris: ‘I masked my autism and ADHD all my life – now I’m ready to be me’
Holly Morris

Influencer Holly Morris: ‘I masked my autism and ADHD all my life – now I’m ready to be me’

Children in deprived areas of Scotland are three times more likely to die before their first birthday
Julie Cameron

Children in deprived areas of Scotland are three times more likely to die before their first birthday

Brain disease linked to boxers and American football players found in homeless people
Homelessness

Brain disease linked to boxers and American football players found in homeless people

The fashion industry is failing Britain’s ageing population – retailers must wake up
Dr Jackie Gray

The fashion industry is failing Britain’s ageing population – retailers must wake up

Letters: How many more people with learning difficulties will be abused and scapegoated?
Letters

Letters: How many more people with learning difficulties will be abused and scapegoated?

This snooker club is giving people with physical and learning disabilities their big break
Sport

This snooker club is giving people with physical and learning disabilities their big break

Adam Buxton: ‘Being a carer is the right thing to do – but it’s so hard, especially if it’s your parents’
Letter To My Younger Self

Adam Buxton: ‘Being a carer is the right thing to do – but it’s so hard, especially if it’s your parents’

Number of full-time unpaid carers in Britain soars by 70%: ‘Millions of us are carers or need care’
Social care

Number of full-time unpaid carers in Britain soars by 70%: ‘Millions of us are carers or need care’

Bailiffs tried taking my kids’ toys over council tax debt – people shouldn’t have to go through this
Council tax

Bailiffs tried taking my kids’ toys over council tax debt – people shouldn’t have to go through this

Mental health support while I was in care wasn’t perfect – but now children are being turned away
Jack Smith

Mental health support while I was in care wasn’t perfect – but now children are being turned away

Two-child benefit cap is ‘punishing’ working families, Labour warned ahead of child poverty strategy
Child poverty

Two-child benefit cap is ‘punishing’ working families, Labour warned ahead of child poverty strategy

GambleAware is closing down. Here’s why we decided to put our charity out of action
Anna Hargrave

GambleAware is closing down. Here’s why we decided to put our charity out of action

Everyone thinks pensioners are rich. But I’m forced to choose between heating and eating
Pensioner poverty

Everyone thinks pensioners are rich. But I’m forced to choose between heating and eating

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Scotland faces growing nitazenes threat as it grapples with drugs deaths crisis
Drugs

Scotland faces growing nitazenes threat as it grapples with drugs deaths crisis

Why I cut ties with my alcoholic dad
Addiction

Why I cut ties with my alcoholic dad

Therapists shouldn’t all be white and middle class. We need more from marginalised backgrounds
Andrea San Pedro-Lunn

Therapists shouldn’t all be white and middle class. We need more from marginalised backgrounds

Acid attack survivor Katie Piper: ‘We live in divisive times – our empathy is being lost’
Kindness

Acid attack survivor Katie Piper: ‘We live in divisive times – our empathy is being lost’