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Reasons for keeping two-child benefit cap are thin at best and cruel at worst – Labour must lift it
Vikki Brownridge

Reasons for keeping two-child benefit cap are thin at best and cruel at worst – Labour must lift it

North East mayor Kim McGuinness on ambition, austerity and why she’s the ‘ultimate pragmatist’
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North East mayor Kim McGuinness on ambition, austerity and why she’s the ‘ultimate pragmatist’

Homelessness services face cliff-edge unless Labour gives budget boost for rough sleepers
Rough sleeping

Homelessness services face cliff-edge unless Labour gives budget boost for rough sleepers

The ‘right to switch off’ law will be a litmus test for Labour’s plans for workers’ rights
Jack Kellam

The ‘right to switch off’ law will be a litmus test for Labour’s plans for workers’ rights

Starmer promises planning passports will put ‘rocket boosters’ on Labour housebuilding efforts
HOUSING

Starmer promises planning passports will put ‘rocket boosters’ on Labour housebuilding efforts

Rachel Reeves promises ‘no return to austerity’ amid fears of cuts to benefits in autumn budget
Social Justice

Rachel Reeves promises ‘no return to austerity’ amid fears of cuts to benefits in autumn budget

Welcome to Big Issue’s Big Community
Big Community

Welcome to Big Issue’s Big Community

‘Poverty is out of control’: Over half of Brits say Labour not doing enough to help people in poverty
Poverty

‘Poverty is out of control’: Over half of Brits say Labour not doing enough to help people in poverty

‘My son lives without any joy’: How DWP’s two-child benefit limit is punishing children in crisis
Joseph Howes

‘My son lives without any joy’: How DWP’s two-child benefit limit is punishing children in crisis

Rachel Reeves must put money where her mouth is and end austerity’s grip on women in autumn budget
Ignacia Pinto

Rachel Reeves must put money where her mouth is and end austerity’s grip on women in autumn budget

I’ve never known a government to renege on election promises as quickly as this one
John Bird

I’ve never known a government to renege on election promises as quickly as this one

Disabled renters hoped Labour would bring change. Are they actually any different to the Tories?
Mikey Erhardt

Disabled renters hoped Labour would bring change. Are they actually any different to the Tories?

Labour won’t hit 1.5 million home target without putting up serious cash to get Britain building
HOUSING

Labour won’t hit 1.5 million home target without putting up serious cash to get Britain building

Thousands call on Labour and DWP to scrap ‘dangerous’ disability benefit reforms
Disability benefits

Thousands call on Labour and DWP to scrap ‘dangerous’ disability benefit reforms

Four ways Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill differs from the Tories’ doomed Renters Reform Bill
RENTING

Four ways Labour’s Renters’ Rights Bill differs from the Tories’ doomed Renters Reform Bill

Keir Starmer promised us a rose garden – but instead we just got déjà vu
John Bird

Keir Starmer promised us a rose garden – but instead we just got déjà vu

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MPs vote to cut winter fuel payment for millions of pensioners: ‘This is a really bad decision’
Winter Fuel Payment

MPs vote to cut winter fuel payment for millions of pensioners: ‘This is a really bad decision’

Sadiq Khan: ‘Keir Starmer didn’t get into politics to take things from people who need them’
Winter Fuel Payment

Sadiq Khan: ‘Keir Starmer didn’t get into politics to take things from people who need them’

Renters’ Rights Bill: Labour has ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to fix the renting crisis
Renting

Renters’ Rights Bill: Labour has ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to fix the renting crisis

Starmer defends ‘unpopular’ winter fuel payment cut amid pressure from unions and Labour rebels
Winter fuel payment

Starmer defends ‘unpopular’ winter fuel payment cut amid pressure from unions and Labour rebels