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Can Christmas save Britain’s high streets? It’s complicated, experts say
High Street

Can Christmas save Britain’s high streets? It’s complicated, experts say

It’s been a difficult year for some of the country’s biggest retail players. Will Christmas help save them?

Universal credit advance payment: Bridging the five-week wait
Benefits

Universal credit advance payment: Bridging the five-week wait

A universal credit advance payment can ease the wait for your application to be processed – but it can reduce your monthly income too

DWP wants to reform benefits to cut costs, not help disabled people into work, court hears
Disability benefits

DWP wants to reform benefits to cut costs, not help disabled people into work, court hears

The High Court has heard a legal challenge against a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) plan to reform disability benefits under the guise of helping people into employment

‘We all deserve magic’: Meet the teachers working to bring Christmas joy to children in poverty
Christmas

‘We all deserve magic’: Meet the teachers working to bring Christmas joy to children in poverty

Royal Mail takeover by Czech billionaire approved. What does it mean for workers and the six-day service?
Royal mail

Royal Mail takeover by Czech billionaire approved. What does it mean for workers and the six-day service?

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Letters: Yes, it was really easy being a Boomer… How Gen Z must envy us!
Letters

Letters: Yes, it was really easy being a Boomer… How Gen Z must envy us!

‘There’s a war against buskers’: Inside the crackdown on buskers – and why street artists are at risk
Busking

‘There’s a war against buskers’: Inside the crackdown on buskers – and why street artists are at risk

AI was meant to make the DWP benefits system more efficient. Instead it’s brought bias and hunger
Iris Lim

AI was meant to make the DWP benefits system more efficient. Instead it’s brought bias and hunger

Community meals and workers’ rights: What happens if councils seize Deliveroo and Uber Eats’ ‘ghost kitchens’?
Ghost Kitchens

Community meals and workers’ rights: What happens if councils seize Deliveroo and Uber Eats’ ‘ghost kitchens’?

DWP’s quiet plan to ‘keep Britain working’ might not win elections – but it could change lives
Asli Atay

DWP’s quiet plan to ‘keep Britain working’ might not win elections – but it could change lives

Scotland’s move to abolish poverty by ending two-child benefit cap must inspire Westminster
Sabine Goodwin

Scotland’s move to abolish poverty by ending two-child benefit cap must inspire Westminster

‘It’s changed our life’: These modern slavery survivors are finding hope at Christmas through music
Modern slavery

‘It’s changed our life’: These modern slavery survivors are finding hope at Christmas through music

Millions of British adults lack basic literacy skills – and it’s becoming an uncomfortable crisis
Robert Glick

Millions of British adults lack basic literacy skills – and it’s becoming an uncomfortable crisis

How can we tackle modern slavery if those on the frontline don’t know what it looks like?
Maya Esslemont

How can we tackle modern slavery if those on the frontline don’t know what it looks like?

More than 50,000 UK workers homeless this Christmas: ‘No guarantee that work means a home’
Homelesness

More than 50,000 UK workers homeless this Christmas: ‘No guarantee that work means a home’

Scotland is right to scrap the cruel two-child benefit cap. It’s now time for Labour to act
Ruth Patrick

Scotland is right to scrap the cruel two-child benefit cap. It’s now time for Labour to act

Keir Starmer has unveiled his ‘plan for change’. But can Labour really turn Britain around?
Plan for Change

Keir Starmer has unveiled his ‘plan for change’. But can Labour really turn Britain around?

People with disabilities and ill health more likely to leave work, study finds – the DWP must fix this
Work

People with disabilities and ill health more likely to leave work, study finds – the DWP must fix this

From the NHS to ‘spreading opportunity’: Here’s what should be in Keir Starmer’s ‘plan for change’
Plan for change

From the NHS to ‘spreading opportunity’: Here’s what should be in Keir Starmer’s ‘plan for change’

Two-child benefit cap to be scrapped in Scotland as Labour challenged to ‘step up’ and follow suit
Two-child benefit cap

Two-child benefit cap to be scrapped in Scotland as Labour challenged to ‘step up’ and follow suit

What benefits can I claim?
Benefits

What benefits can I claim?

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The UK must change for disabled people in 2025 – so we can live the lives we deserve
Mikey Erhardt

The UK must change for disabled people in 2025 – so we can live the lives we deserve

A strong benefits system is the sign of a healthy society – and essential to ending child poverty
Joseph Howes

A strong benefits system is the sign of a healthy society – and essential to ending child poverty

Labour must ‘immediately’ scrap two-child benefit cap if it wants to end child poverty, charities say
Child poverty

Labour must ‘immediately’ scrap two-child benefit cap if it wants to end child poverty, charities say

Letters: I’m a middle-aged, middle-class, left-wing woman – and I like Joe Rogan
Letters

Letters: I’m a middle-aged, middle-class, left-wing woman – and I like Joe Rogan