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Learning disability services have faced ‘drastic reduction in funding’ despite saving NHS money
Learning disabilities

Learning disability services have faced ‘drastic reduction in funding’ despite saving NHS money

I was made redundant while on maternity leave – it has scarred me for life
Employment

I was made redundant while on maternity leave – it has scarred me for life

Revealed: How ‘sinister’ lack of access to surgical abortions puts lives at risk
Abortion

Revealed: How ‘sinister’ lack of access to surgical abortions puts lives at risk

Fats Timbo: ‘It was hard growing up with dwarfism – but I’m going to change the world’
Disability activism

Fats Timbo: ‘It was hard growing up with dwarfism – but I’m going to change the world’

Are disability benefit claimants ‘ready to work’? The truth behind DWP’s claims ahead of welfare reforms
Disability benefits

Are disability benefit claimants ‘ready to work’? The truth behind DWP’s claims ahead of welfare reforms

‘You’re not a priority if you don’t have money’: Student told to wait till 2043 for an autism assessment
Autism

‘You’re not a priority if you don’t have money’: Student told to wait till 2043 for an autism assessment

DWP to ‘re-examine’ controversial universal credit rule for paying off rental debts
Universal credit

DWP to ‘re-examine’ controversial universal credit rule for paying off rental debts

Labour accused of ‘turning its back on disabled people’ in Grenfell Inquiry response: ‘We’re dismayed’
Grenfell

Labour accused of ‘turning its back on disabled people’ in Grenfell Inquiry response: ‘We’re dismayed’

Breaking the cycle: Why health equality is key to ending poverty 
Big Issue Invest

Breaking the cycle: Why health equality is key to ending poverty 

No recourse to public funds traps families like mine in poverty. It’s time the government ended it
Uche

No recourse to public funds traps families like mine in poverty. It’s time the government ended it

I went looking for incels – among all the hate and bile, I found some signs of hope
Incels

I went looking for incels – among all the hate and bile, I found some signs of hope

Jason Donovan: ‘I enjoyed fame initially – until I left Neighbours’
Letter To My Younger Self

Jason Donovan: ‘I enjoyed fame initially – until I left Neighbours’

Loud music ruined my ears – but it doesn’t mean I can’t still enjoy a Mogwai gig
Music

Loud music ruined my ears – but it doesn’t mean I can’t still enjoy a Mogwai gig

MS has left me virtually housebound – I fear what disability benefit reforms mean for my future
Charlotte Wright

MS has left me virtually housebound – I fear what disability benefit reforms mean for my future

Ban on puberty blockers is unjust – but young trans people can endure and thrive despite it
Cleo Madeleine

Ban on puberty blockers is unjust – but young trans people can endure and thrive despite it

There’re many NHS problems Labour still needs to solve – but privatisation not the answer, doctors say
NHS

There’re many NHS problems Labour still needs to solve – but privatisation not the answer, doctors say

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11 ways to spread kindness without spending money
Random Acts of Kindness Day

11 ways to spread kindness without spending money

Warning after DWP reveals how it uses AI to make decisions on benefits
Benefits

Warning after DWP reveals how it uses AI to make decisions on benefits

Why I’m worrying about everything
Sam Delaney

Why I’m worrying about everything

‘I had to pay £75 for a chopping board’: This is how much extra being disabled costs me
Philippa Willitts

‘I had to pay £75 for a chopping board’: This is how much extra being disabled costs me