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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’

Teaching five-year-olds about grief isn’t morbid – it’s necessary
Rowan Humphries-Massey

Teaching five-year-olds about grief isn’t morbid – it’s necessary

I have arthritis, incontinence and other chronic health conditions. The DWP didn’t think I needed PIP
Disability benefits

I have arthritis, incontinence and other chronic health conditions. The DWP didn’t think I needed PIP

Supported housing saves the taxpayer billions – but it’s facing an urgent financial crisis
Suzannah Young

Supported housing saves the taxpayer billions – but it’s facing an urgent financial crisis

Labour’s next round of benefit cuts risks hitting 600,000 disabled people
Welfare

Labour’s next round of benefit cuts risks hitting 600,000 disabled people

Millions of pupils missing school due to hygiene poverty: ‘We have reinvented a Victorian problem’
Hygiene poverty

Millions of pupils missing school due to hygiene poverty: ‘We have reinvented a Victorian problem’

Most people with ADHD do not tell their employer – here’s why we must break the silence
Louise Ansari

Most people with ADHD do not tell their employer – here’s why we must break the silence

Inside the mission to feed the UK’s hungry kids in the holidays: ‘If we had to buy food we wouldn’t survive’
Holiday hunger

Inside the mission to feed the UK’s hungry kids in the holidays: ‘If we had to buy food we wouldn’t survive’

The UK has a fertility crisis – here’s how we solve it
Professor Geeta Nargund

The UK has a fertility crisis – here’s how we solve it

‘It will be a crisis’: Adult social care pushed to the brink by government’s overseas care worker ban
Social care

‘It will be a crisis’: Adult social care pushed to the brink by government’s overseas care worker ban

Mental Health Bill leaves ‘dangerous gaps’ which could threaten our human rights
Dr Thomas Peck

Mental Health Bill leaves ‘dangerous gaps’ which could threaten our human rights

Calls for major change to health and safety laws as UK battered by yet another heatwave
Heatwave

Calls for major change to health and safety laws as UK battered by yet another heatwave

Cuts will rip the heart out of Samaritans at a time when it’s never been needed more
Laura Cooke

Cuts will rip the heart out of Samaritans at a time when it’s never been needed more

Comedian Rob Auton on staying motivated at the Edinburgh Fringe: ‘The effort is the best part’
Edinburgh Fringe

Comedian Rob Auton on staying motivated at the Edinburgh Fringe: ‘The effort is the best part’

An old football sticker book turns pub night into a nostalgia fest
Sam Delaney

An old football sticker book turns pub night into a nostalgia fest

How I cured my hypochondria
Health

How I cured my hypochondria

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Measles, whooping cough and infection: Why children’s health is getting worse in the UK
Child poverty

Measles, whooping cough and infection: Why children’s health is getting worse in the UK

How cancer patients could suffer after Labour’s cuts to universal credit
Millie Light

How cancer patients could suffer after Labour’s cuts to universal credit

How Arsenal is empowering young disabled people through football: ‘It’s one of the best things you can do’
Football

How Arsenal is empowering young disabled people through football: ‘It’s one of the best things you can do’

Disabled Big Issue vendor Jason has fought 21 years for an accessible home. There are millions like him
Our Vendors

Disabled Big Issue vendor Jason has fought 21 years for an accessible home. There are millions like him