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Big Issue’s new Big Grow initiative set to transform communities through urban gardening
Big Grow

Big Issue’s new Big Grow initiative set to transform communities through urban gardening

Cancer is even more deadly when you’re homeless. This innovative new project aims to change that
Homelessness

Cancer is even more deadly when you’re homeless. This innovative new project aims to change that

Adolescence forced the country to sit up and take notice. But what’s next?
Matteo Bergamini

Adolescence forced the country to sit up and take notice. But what’s next?

Torture survivors face ‘gruelling’ process to get disability benefits – and it could get even worse
Disability benefits

Torture survivors face ‘gruelling’ process to get disability benefits – and it could get even worse

Poor mental health and feeling sad is a normal part of life, neuropsychiatrist says: ‘Life is not easy’
Mental health

Poor mental health and feeling sad is a normal part of life, neuropsychiatrist says: ‘Life is not easy’

I’m a clinical psychologist. I know just how badly racism is damaging children’s mental health
Sanah Ahsan

I’m a clinical psychologist. I know just how badly racism is damaging children’s mental health

Scrap two-child benefit cap to give local councils a much-needed cash injection, Labour told
Child poverty

Scrap two-child benefit cap to give local councils a much-needed cash injection, Labour told

Letters: ‘This is NOT the Labour Party I have voted for my entire life’
Letters

Letters: ‘This is NOT the Labour Party I have voted for my entire life’

I’m buying fruit and veg for my kids on ‘buy now, pay later’. The two-child benefit cap needs to go
Two-child benefit cap

I’m buying fruit and veg for my kids on ‘buy now, pay later’. The two-child benefit cap needs to go

This theatre company uses Jellycat toys to break barriers for children across the UK
James Baldwin

This theatre company uses Jellycat toys to break barriers for children across the UK

‘Time for radical thinking’: What’s the bigger picture behind Reeves’ dramatic benefit cuts?
Spring statement

‘Time for radical thinking’: What’s the bigger picture behind Reeves’ dramatic benefit cuts?

People with severe mental illness twice as likely to be disconnected by utility companies
Mental health

People with severe mental illness twice as likely to be disconnected by utility companies

Social opportunity should take the place of social security 
John Bird

Social opportunity should take the place of social security 

How building a healthier society will get Rachel Reeves out of a bind
Laurie Lee

How building a healthier society will get Rachel Reeves out of a bind

Being diagnosed with a brain tumour was the best day of my life. Here’s how it let me help others
Timothy Samples

Being diagnosed with a brain tumour was the best day of my life. Here’s how it let me help others

Letters: Covid was a chance to reset. So why are we still working until we drop?
Letters

Letters: Covid was a chance to reset. So why are we still working until we drop?

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DWP ‘work coach shortage’ could undermine Labour’s bid to help disabled people into work
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP ‘work coach shortage’ could undermine Labour’s bid to help disabled people into work

DWP figures show two in five single parents are living in poverty: ‘It’s a terrible situation’
Ruth Talbot

DWP figures show two in five single parents are living in poverty: ‘It’s a terrible situation’

Food banks aren’t the solution to poverty – especially when businesses use them to dump food waste
Carina Millstone

Food banks aren’t the solution to poverty – especially when businesses use them to dump food waste

Covid exposed the brutal realities of UK health inequality – has anything really changed?
Five years since the pandemic

Covid exposed the brutal realities of UK health inequality – has anything really changed?