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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

Calls to give Syrian asylum seekers right to work while UK suspends refugee applications
Syria

Calls to give Syrian asylum seekers right to work while UK suspends refugee applications

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’

I was forced to work unpaid and never let out of the house. Modern slavery is all around us in the UK
Modern slavery

I was forced to work unpaid and never let out of the house. Modern slavery is all around us in the UK

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

Starmer’s intention for work and benefits should be applauded – but it must come with good jobs
Paul McNamee

Starmer’s intention for work and benefits should be applauded – but it must come with good jobs

Last Christmas I was in prison. This year I’m working in a London fine-dining restaurant
Christmas

Last Christmas I was in prison. This year I’m working in a London fine-dining restaurant

Inside the Big Issue: Santa Paws is coming to town
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Santa Paws is coming to town

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It will take Labour time to rebuild trust in the DWP, Jobcentres and the benefits system
Meagan Levin

It will take Labour time to rebuild trust in the DWP, Jobcentres and the benefits system

Labour has declared ‘war on benefits’. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing
Catherine Parsons

Labour has declared ‘war on benefits’. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing

‘Get Britain Working’ risks becoming empty words without urgent reforms to the benefits system
Anela Anwar

‘Get Britain Working’ risks becoming empty words without urgent reforms to the benefits system

Millions of Brits ‘outvalued’ by their own home as Labour urged to tackle ‘big wealth’
Wealth

Millions of Brits ‘outvalued’ by their own home as Labour urged to tackle ‘big wealth’