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Liz Kendall wants to reform the DWP from a ‘department for welfare’ to a ‘department for work’
Department for Work and Pensions

Liz Kendall wants to reform the DWP from a ‘department for welfare’ to a ‘department for work’

Tory government had no plan to end homelessness in England, watchdog finds
Homelessness

Tory government had no plan to end homelessness in England, watchdog finds

PIP changes: Labour government urged to drop ‘dangerous’ disability benefit reforms
Department for Work and Pensions

PIP changes: Labour government urged to drop ‘dangerous’ disability benefit reforms

Homeless people face being locked out of public toilets due to card-only payments
Public toilets

Homeless people face being locked out of public toilets due to card-only payments

Rob Delaney: ‘Money is great. It should be handed out Robin Hood-style to poor people all day long’
Politics

Rob Delaney: ‘Money is great. It should be handed out Robin Hood-style to poor people all day long’

Labour ‘considering’ scrapping two-child benefit cap
Child poverty

Labour ‘considering’ scrapping two-child benefit cap

Prison crisis: Early release scheme could see hundreds of prisoners released into homelessness
Prisons

Prison crisis: Early release scheme could see hundreds of prisoners released into homelessness

DWP Jobcentre security guards ‘suffer’ and turn to food banks as wages fail to cover basics
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP Jobcentre security guards ‘suffer’ and turn to food banks as wages fail to cover basics

Academics put trackers on homeless people – what they learned could be a ‘game-changer’
Rough sleeping

Academics put trackers on homeless people – what they learned could be a ‘game-changer’

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

Inside the Big Issue: Keir Starmer has a job on
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Keir Starmer has a job on

‘It’s David vs Goliath’: Inside Amazon workers’ historic battle for trade union recognition
Trade unions

‘It’s David vs Goliath’: Inside Amazon workers’ historic battle for trade union recognition

More than two thirds of teachers worry children will go hungry this summer: ‘Beyond heart-breaking’
Child poverty

More than two thirds of teachers worry children will go hungry this summer: ‘Beyond heart-breaking’

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

Prince William insists it’s possible to end homelessness as Homewards project turns one
Homelessness

Prince William insists it’s possible to end homelessness as Homewards project turns one

‘I felt intimidated’: Disabled people feel shut out of playing and watching sport, report finds
Disability rights

‘I felt intimidated’: Disabled people feel shut out of playing and watching sport, report finds

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UK needs 120,000 new rental homes to cut record-high rents, Rightmove warns
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UK needs 120,000 new rental homes to cut record-high rents, Rightmove warns

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

Keir Starmer promises ‘sunlight of hope’ – but can he offer progress on ending poverty in the UK?
Poverty

Keir Starmer promises ‘sunlight of hope’ – but can he offer progress on ending poverty in the UK?

Keir Starmer can ‘only bring real change by fixing the housing emergency’
General election 2024

Keir Starmer can ‘only bring real change by fixing the housing emergency’