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Mental health patients find it ‘impossible to get help’ amid Manchester care crisis: ‘It makes you ill’
Mental health

Mental health patients find it ‘impossible to get help’ amid Manchester care crisis: ‘It makes you ill’

After striking NHS workers sounded the alarm over a mental health crisis in Greater Manchester, patients share their stories of feeling ‘failed’ by the services

Over 10 times more women sleeping rough than official stats suggest, report says
Rough sleeping

Over 10 times more women sleeping rough than official stats suggest, report says

The latest women’s rough sleeping census shows thousands of women could have been missing from the official rough sleeping snapshot because frontline times are not looking in the right places

PIP cuts are paused after ‘shambolic’ series of U-turns – but is it enough to rebuild trust in Labour?
Disability benefits

PIP cuts are paused after ‘shambolic’ series of U-turns – but is it enough to rebuild trust in Labour?

A series of hasty U-turns saw the government shelve its plans for the personal independence payment – at least until a review is concluded. Charities urge the government to take the opportunity to rebuild trust and protect disabled people

Here’s why 49 Labour MPs still voted against Starmer’s benefits bill: ‘It’s not the Labour way’
Disability benefits

Here’s why 49 Labour MPs still voted against Starmer’s benefits bill: ‘It’s not the Labour way’

Labour wants to build 300,000 affordable and social homes in 10 years. But is it enough?
Social housing

Labour wants to build 300,000 affordable and social homes in 10 years. But is it enough?

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MPs vote to take forward ‘brutal’ cuts to disability benefits: ‘It will come to haunt this government’
Disability benefits

MPs vote to take forward ‘brutal’ cuts to disability benefits: ‘It will come to haunt this government’

Disability benefit cuts violate human rights even with concessions, MPs warned ahead of vote
Disability benefits

Disability benefit cuts violate human rights even with concessions, MPs warned ahead of vote

Rough sleeping in London hits record high amid warnings of benefit cuts making things worse
Rough sleeping

Rough sleeping in London hits record high amid warnings of benefit cuts making things worse

Team Noel or Team Liam? Choose a brother to back when you buy our Oasis special collector’s edition
Inside the Big Issue

Team Noel or Team Liam? Choose a brother to back when you buy our Oasis special collector’s edition

No UK party currently has what it takes to end poverty, research finds: ‘We need a radical rethink’
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No UK party currently has what it takes to end poverty, research finds: ‘We need a radical rethink’

Wales wants to be anti-racist by 2030. But it won’t happen until Gypsies and Travellers get justice
Community

Wales wants to be anti-racist by 2030. But it won’t happen until Gypsies and Travellers get justice

Labour’s disability benefits bill is supposed to help people into work – but the jobs aren’t there
Disability Benefits

Labour’s disability benefits bill is supposed to help people into work – but the jobs aren’t there

Starmer finally backs down on disability benefits cuts – but are the concessions enough?
Disability benefits

Starmer finally backs down on disability benefits cuts – but are the concessions enough?

More than half of PIP claimants say Labour’s benefit cuts could make them homeless
Disability benefits

More than half of PIP claimants say Labour’s benefit cuts could make them homeless

Renter fury as no-fault eviction ban likely delayed until 2026: ‘Let down yet again’
Renting

Renter fury as no-fault eviction ban likely delayed until 2026: ‘Let down yet again’

‘I am not a scrounger’: Paralympic champions blast Labour over disability benefit cuts
Disability benefit cuts

‘I am not a scrounger’: Paralympic champions blast Labour over disability benefit cuts

‘Broken’ council tax system means millions of Brits face visit from bailiffs – but that’s set to change
Council tax

‘Broken’ council tax system means millions of Brits face visit from bailiffs – but that’s set to change

Revealed: Majority of PIP claimants with heart disease, arthritis and Crohn’s at risk of cuts
Disability benefits

Revealed: Majority of PIP claimants with heart disease, arthritis and Crohn’s at risk of cuts

England and Wales must follow Scotland’s lead and set legal targets to end child poverty
Poverty

England and Wales must follow Scotland’s lead and set legal targets to end child poverty

Public transport not keeping up with surge in new homes, analysis finds: ‘We must plan more intelligently’
Public transport

Public transport not keeping up with surge in new homes, analysis finds: ‘We must plan more intelligently’

Could the government’s disability benefit cuts be blocked by Labour MPs?
Disability benefits

Could the government’s disability benefit cuts be blocked by Labour MPs?

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School standards minister dodges question from disabled boy about future of his education
Onside Takeover

School standards minister dodges question from disabled boy about future of his education

James Arthur gets candid about mental health with young superfan: ‘I struggled with fame’
Onside Takeover

James Arthur gets candid about mental health with young superfan: ‘I struggled with fame’

Government pledge to help care leavers into social housing ‘will literally save lives’
Social housing

Government pledge to help care leavers into social housing ‘will literally save lives’

MPs vote to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales: ‘We are right to give people a choice’
Assisted dying

MPs vote to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales: ‘We are right to give people a choice’