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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

Hundreds of thousands of universal credit claimants forced into destitution by DWP ‘deductions’
Universal credit

Hundreds of thousands of universal credit claimants forced into destitution by DWP ‘deductions’

Prisoners are teaching each other to read. Here’s how it’s changing life behind bars amid a crisis
Prisons

Prisoners are teaching each other to read. Here’s how it’s changing life behind bars amid a crisis

Could banning cars turn London’s Oxford Street from ‘hell’ into paradise?
London

Could banning cars turn London’s Oxford Street from ‘hell’ into paradise?

In Camera review – a potent comment on race and identity in the film industry
Film

In Camera review – a potent comment on race and identity in the film industry

Letters: There’s no way I’ll claim pension credit – I refuse to be insulted by benefit assessors
Letters

Letters: There’s no way I’ll claim pension credit – I refuse to be insulted by benefit assessors

Jared Harris: ‘I still wake up every morning wondering if I can make a living as an actor’
Letter To My Younger Self

Jared Harris: ‘I still wake up every morning wondering if I can make a living as an actor’

Get ready for the next Great Resignation as workers say they’re burned out and yearning for joy
Work

Get ready for the next Great Resignation as workers say they’re burned out and yearning for joy

Everything Labour must do to fix broken prison system as early release scheme gets underway
Prisons

Everything Labour must do to fix broken prison system as early release scheme gets underway

Universal credit is failing with millions relying on food banks – we need urgent reform now
Helen Barnard

Universal credit is failing with millions relying on food banks – we need urgent reform now

Letters: There’s hope in the wonderful way people came together after the riots
Letters

Letters: There’s hope in the wonderful way people came together after the riots

AI skills will soon be as necessary for job seekers as Microsoft Word. Who will be left behind?
Artificial Intelligence

AI skills will soon be as necessary for job seekers as Microsoft Word. Who will be left behind?

The tinderbox of poverty continues to spark social unrest
John Bird

The tinderbox of poverty continues to spark social unrest

Children in poverty most likely to be excluded from school, study finds: ‘A crisis of lost learning’
Education

Children in poverty most likely to be excluded from school, study finds: ‘A crisis of lost learning’

DWP extending hardship fund is welcome – but we need concrete, rapid actions to end poverty crisis
Sabine Goodwin

DWP extending hardship fund is welcome – but we need concrete, rapid actions to end poverty crisis

Women in North of England live shorter lives, more likely to be in poverty and work harder for less
The North

Women in North of England live shorter lives, more likely to be in poverty and work harder for less

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I arrived in the UK on a small boat. Now, I’m fighting to make life better for others like me
Changemakers

I arrived in the UK on a small boat. Now, I’m fighting to make life better for others like me

DWP says there’s ‘more learning to do’ as every MP given book on deaths of disabled benefit claimants
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP says there’s ‘more learning to do’ as every MP given book on deaths of disabled benefit claimants

Letters: Water bosses should be made to do Cersei’s ‘walk of shame’ from Game of Thrones
Letters

Letters: Water bosses should be made to do Cersei’s ‘walk of shame’ from Game of Thrones

Single mum with disabled children told to pay DWP back £17,000 in benefit overpayments
Benefit overpayments

Single mum with disabled children told to pay DWP back £17,000 in benefit overpayments