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From two-child benefit cap to rough sleeping: Everything that’s missing from the King’s Speech
King's Speech

From two-child benefit cap to rough sleeping: Everything that’s missing from the King’s Speech

Housing, benefits and railways: Key takeaways from Labour’s first King’s Speech
King's Speech

Housing, benefits and railways: Key takeaways from Labour’s first King’s Speech

Workers blame Amazon’s ‘union-busting’ after losing historic union vote: ‘This is not the end’
Workers' rights

Workers blame Amazon’s ‘union-busting’ after losing historic union vote: ‘This is not the end’

What will be in King’s Speech? Here’s 5 things to look out for – from benefits to conversion therapy
King's speech

What will be in King’s Speech? Here’s 5 things to look out for – from benefits to conversion therapy

‘Huge mandate’: Brits of all political stripes want stronger rights for workers, poll finds
workers' rights

‘Huge mandate’: Brits of all political stripes want stronger rights for workers, poll finds

From a new UK pilot to union backing: The four-day working week has never been closer to reality
Four-day working week

From a new UK pilot to union backing: The four-day working week has never been closer to reality

Letters: The DWP needs to be kind – instead of making people’s lives difficult
Letters

Letters: The DWP needs to be kind – instead of making people’s lives difficult

Smart, no-nonsense moves by Starmer show how toxic and incompetent the Tories have really been
Sam Delaney

Smart, no-nonsense moves by Starmer show how toxic and incompetent the Tories have really been

1.6 million children at risk of ‘losing their life chances’ because of ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap
Child poverty

1.6 million children at risk of ‘losing their life chances’ because of ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap

One of the biggest crises facing the UK is barely talked about – the crisis of an ageing population
James Rose

One of the biggest crises facing the UK is barely talked about – the crisis of an ageing population

DWP’s ‘automation’ of universal credit discriminates against single mums, researchers say
Universal credit

DWP’s ‘automation’ of universal credit discriminates against single mums, researchers say

Inside the years-long pay row in Scotland risking the futures of working-class students
Education

Inside the years-long pay row in Scotland risking the futures of working-class students

With the new government comes a new opportunity to rethink welfare and benefits 
John Bird

With the new government comes a new opportunity to rethink welfare and benefits 

‘I sofa surfed for four months’: How ‘out of control’ renting crisis is hurting key workers
Ben Twomey and Tilly Smith

‘I sofa surfed for four months’: How ‘out of control’ renting crisis is hurting key workers

How Starmer’s new prisons minister James Timpson wants to change the way we lock people up
Prisons

How Starmer’s new prisons minister James Timpson wants to change the way we lock people up

Letters: The politicians who deserve power are the ones speaking on real issues
Letters

Letters: The politicians who deserve power are the ones speaking on real issues

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Labour government urged to fix ‘broken benefits system’ for disabled and vulnerable people
Benefits

Labour government urged to fix ‘broken benefits system’ for disabled and vulnerable people

What will the new Labour government do for benefit claimants and the welfare system?
Benefits

What will the new Labour government do for benefit claimants and the welfare system?

Choreographer Oona Doherty asked young people about UK’s ‘good, bad and ugly’. This is what they said
Dance

Choreographer Oona Doherty asked young people about UK’s ‘good, bad and ugly’. This is what they said

Karen Gillan: ‘It’s better to tell the story of Douglas is Cancelled than not tell the story’
TV

Karen Gillan: ‘It’s better to tell the story of Douglas is Cancelled than not tell the story’