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Cost of housing homeless people in temporary accommodation soars to £2.8bn
Homelessness

Cost of housing homeless people in temporary accommodation soars to £2.8bn

Bailiffs tried taking my kids’ toys over council tax debt – people shouldn’t have to go through this
Council tax

Bailiffs tried taking my kids’ toys over council tax debt – people shouldn’t have to go through this

Privately educated elite five times more likely to take Britain’s most powerful and influential jobs
Education

Privately educated elite five times more likely to take Britain’s most powerful and influential jobs

Giving homeless people stable housing could save taxpayer £200m a year – if Labour wants to
ROUGH SLEEPING

Giving homeless people stable housing could save taxpayer £200m a year – if Labour wants to

Homelessness system in Scotland ‘at breaking point’ as rough sleeping surges
Homelessness

Homelessness system in Scotland ‘at breaking point’ as rough sleeping surges

Two-child benefit cap is ‘punishing’ working families, Labour warned ahead of child poverty strategy
Child poverty

Two-child benefit cap is ‘punishing’ working families, Labour warned ahead of child poverty strategy

Alison McGovern named as new homelessness minister after Rushanara Ali rent scandal
Homelessness

Alison McGovern named as new homelessness minister after Rushanara Ali rent scandal

This ‘life-changing’ project is transforming the bedrooms of children living in poverty
Child poverty

This ‘life-changing’ project is transforming the bedrooms of children living in poverty

Brits feel more powerless and distrusting than ever, research finds: ‘This is worrying for all of us’
Trust

Brits feel more powerless and distrusting than ever, research finds: ‘This is worrying for all of us’

Zarah Sultana calls for MPs to be banned from being landlords
Housing

Zarah Sultana calls for MPs to be banned from being landlords

Renters’ Rights Bill must become law ‘as soon as possible’, housing minister says
Renting

Renters’ Rights Bill must become law ‘as soon as possible’, housing minister says

Revealed: Millions of disabled people went to a food bank last year as Labour plotted benefit cuts
Food banks

Revealed: Millions of disabled people went to a food bank last year as Labour plotted benefit cuts

Watering down the Employment Rights Bill after Rayner exit would be ‘gift’ to Farage, experts warn
Workers' rights

Watering down the Employment Rights Bill after Rayner exit would be ‘gift’ to Farage, experts warn

Universal credit sanctions ‘undermine’ Jobcentre employment support, DWP warned by MPs
Department for Work and Pensions

Universal credit sanctions ‘undermine’ Jobcentre employment support, DWP warned by MPs

Scotland faces growing nitazenes threat as it grapples with drugs deaths crisis
Drugs

Scotland faces growing nitazenes threat as it grapples with drugs deaths crisis

Renters make last-ditch plea for Labour to cap sky-high rents in Renters’ Rights Bill
RENTING

Renters make last-ditch plea for Labour to cap sky-high rents in Renters’ Rights Bill

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Single-parent families almost four times more likely to be homeless than families with two parents
Homelessness

Single-parent families almost four times more likely to be homeless than families with two parents

International students could be put in ‘danger’ by Home Office crackdown on asylum claims
Asylum seekers

International students could be put in ‘danger’ by Home Office crackdown on asylum claims

Disabled families use foil blankets to keep warm as energy bills keep surging: ‘We have to keep going’
fuel poverty

Disabled families use foil blankets to keep warm as energy bills keep surging: ‘We have to keep going’

I have arthritis, incontinence and other chronic health conditions. The DWP didn’t think I needed PIP
Disability benefits

I have arthritis, incontinence and other chronic health conditions. The DWP didn’t think I needed PIP