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Warning as new synthetic opioid 200 times stronger than heroin kills three users in days
Drug deaths

Warning as new synthetic opioid 200 times stronger than heroin kills three users in days

GPs and teachers to be told when kids become homeless as part of Labour’s child poverty strategy
Homelessness

GPs and teachers to be told when kids become homeless as part of Labour’s child poverty strategy

Half a million kids to be lifted out of poverty with Labour’s new strategy: ‘This is a moral mission’
Child poverty

Half a million kids to be lifted out of poverty with Labour’s new strategy: ‘This is a moral mission’

Parents helped with cost of baby formula as first details of child poverty strategy revealed
Child poverty

Parents helped with cost of baby formula as first details of child poverty strategy revealed

Scrapping the two-child limit was just the start. The child poverty strategy has to go further
Thea Jaffe

Scrapping the two-child limit was just the start. The child poverty strategy has to go further

I love to paint, but it can’t cut me off from the world entirely
John Bird

I love to paint, but it can’t cut me off from the world entirely

What could – and should – be in Labour’s long-awaited child poverty strategy?
Child poverty

What could – and should – be in Labour’s long-awaited child poverty strategy?

What lessons do Sadiq Khan’s free school meals have for Labour as two-child benefit cap ends?
Child poverty

What lessons do Sadiq Khan’s free school meals have for Labour as two-child benefit cap ends?

West End star Ben Forster: ‘I broke my back on stage – and that wasn’t even the hardest part’
Theatre

West End star Ben Forster: ‘I broke my back on stage – and that wasn’t even the hardest part’

The Wanted star Nathan Sykes shares how dogs give him purpose: ‘I can’t imagine not having a dog’
Dogs

The Wanted star Nathan Sykes shares how dogs give him purpose: ‘I can’t imagine not having a dog’

Renowned heart surgeon Magdi Yacoub: ‘It’s essential in life, and in science in particular, to be humble’
Letter To My Younger Self

Renowned heart surgeon Magdi Yacoub: ‘It’s essential in life, and in science in particular, to be humble’

Judgement kills: Why we must end the stigma against women experiencing abuse
Rachael Clegg

Judgement kills: Why we must end the stigma against women experiencing abuse

There are challenges when caring for a homeless person in palliative care – but there’s hope too
Briony Hudson

There are challenges when caring for a homeless person in palliative care – but there’s hope too

A dementia diagnosis is not a final curtain. It can even be an opening act
Film

A dementia diagnosis is not a final curtain. It can even be an opening act

Reeves’ budget does nothing for families with disabled children like mine. I dread the future
Lorraine Griffin

Reeves’ budget does nothing for families with disabled children like mine. I dread the future

We can save disabled people’s lives if we listen to the recommendations of the Covid inquiry
Georgia Bondy

We can save disabled people’s lives if we listen to the recommendations of the Covid inquiry

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Most girls drop out of sport by puberty. Teenage athlete Issey Kyson is on a race to change that
Sport

Most girls drop out of sport by puberty. Teenage athlete Issey Kyson is on a race to change that

Most people with diabetes have faced shame and judgement: ‘It’s as voluntary as getting a cold’
Diabetes

Most people with diabetes have faced shame and judgement: ‘It’s as voluntary as getting a cold’

Prisoners are dying within a day of their release. What’s going wrong?
Prisons

Prisoners are dying within a day of their release. What’s going wrong?

How people’s love for Freddie Mercury helped overcome fear of HIV
Sir Nick Partridge

How people’s love for Freddie Mercury helped overcome fear of HIV