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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

Half of people claiming universal credit ran out of food in the last month
Universal Credit

Half of people claiming universal credit ran out of food in the last month

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

‘My heart burns’: Three years after fall of Kabul, Afghan women share stories of escape and hope
Afghanistan

‘My heart burns’: Three years after fall of Kabul, Afghan women share stories of escape and hope

It’s hard to view private schools as charities. Taxing them is the right thing to do
Sam Delaney

It’s hard to view private schools as charities. Taxing them is the right thing to do

This is what happens if a university goes bust
Universities

This is what happens if a university goes bust

Letters: I panic every time I hear from the DWP. It tells you all you need to know about the system
Letters

Letters: I panic every time I hear from the DWP. It tells you all you need to know about the system

Whistleblowing: Why doing the right thing can come with a devastating cost
Books

Whistleblowing: Why doing the right thing can come with a devastating cost

No, unions are not ‘holding the country to ransom’
Trade Unions

No, unions are not ‘holding the country to ransom’

Care homes at risk of closure as new visa rules drive staffing crisis: ‘The sector can’t function’
Social care crisis

Care homes at risk of closure as new visa rules drive staffing crisis: ‘The sector can’t function’

‘Simply unacceptable’: GCSE results gap between private and state schools widens
GCSE results

‘Simply unacceptable’: GCSE results gap between private and state schools widens

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Nearly 18 million people will be left without crisis support if DWP fund ends
Household support fund

Nearly 18 million people will be left without crisis support if DWP fund ends

‘I’m going to die and I’m still not sick enough for PIP’: The reality of DWP disability benefits system
Department for Work and Pensions

‘I’m going to die and I’m still not sick enough for PIP’: The reality of DWP disability benefits system

Tony Blair thinks the DWP could be automated by AI. Here’s why that’s so dangerous
Susannah Copson

Tony Blair thinks the DWP could be automated by AI. Here’s why that’s so dangerous

DWP will end ‘blame culture’ over benefits, says Liz Kendall – but words must be ‘backed up’
Benefits

DWP will end ‘blame culture’ over benefits, says Liz Kendall – but words must be ‘backed up’