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The real Byker Grove: Inside the youth clubs that inspired Ant and Dec’s childhood TV classic
Youth clubs

The real Byker Grove: Inside the youth clubs that inspired Ant and Dec’s childhood TV classic

DWP plans to spy on claimants’ bank accounts will pile misery onto disabled people
Mikey Erhardt

DWP plans to spy on claimants’ bank accounts will pile misery onto disabled people

What to expect from Labour’s plans for workers’ rights – and why the ‘devil will be in the detail’
Employment Rights Bill

What to expect from Labour’s plans for workers’ rights – and why the ‘devil will be in the detail’

Disability benefits system is damaging claimants’ health, DWP’s own analysis finds: ‘It’s degrading’
Disability benefits

Disability benefits system is damaging claimants’ health, DWP’s own analysis finds: ‘It’s degrading’

Reasons for keeping two-child benefit cap are thin at best and cruel at worst – Labour must lift it
Vikki Brownridge

Reasons for keeping two-child benefit cap are thin at best and cruel at worst – Labour must lift it

Scrapping two-child benefit cap ‘single most cost-effective policy’ to reduce child poverty
Child poverty

Scrapping two-child benefit cap ‘single most cost-effective policy’ to reduce child poverty

This factory once made every single Rolo in the world. Its decline is a warning for UK’s leaders
Industry

This factory once made every single Rolo in the world. Its decline is a warning for UK’s leaders

Saddling poorer students with a lifelong debt makes absolutely no sense
Paul McNamee

Saddling poorer students with a lifelong debt makes absolutely no sense

Brassic writer Danny Brocklehurst on Thatcher, bull semen and why TV needs working-class people
Danny Brocklehurst

Brassic writer Danny Brocklehurst on Thatcher, bull semen and why TV needs working-class people

Home Kitchen: Inside the world’s first fine-dining restaurant staffed by homeless chefs
Homelessness

Home Kitchen: Inside the world’s first fine-dining restaurant staffed by homeless chefs

Labour’s plan to ‘get Brits back to work’ must not be an excuse for slashing benefits, charities say
Disability benefits

Labour’s plan to ‘get Brits back to work’ must not be an excuse for slashing benefits, charities say

Art the hard way: The role of art in liberation and the transforming power of creation
John Bird

Art the hard way: The role of art in liberation and the transforming power of creation

DWP’s crackdown on welfare fraud risks ‘criminalising’ innocent benefit claimants, Starmer warned
Benefit fraud

DWP’s crackdown on welfare fraud risks ‘criminalising’ innocent benefit claimants, Starmer warned

Why I switched sides to stop UK’s first deep coal mine in more than 30 years from opening
Maggie Mason

Why I switched sides to stop UK’s first deep coal mine in more than 30 years from opening

DWP’s uncertainty over future of PIP leaves benefit claimants in fear: ‘What’s going to happen to me?’
Benefits

DWP’s uncertainty over future of PIP leaves benefit claimants in fear: ‘What’s going to happen to me?’

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

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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