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Paying rent on time could finally start helping renters get a mortgage: ‘A very positive step’
Renting

Paying rent on time could finally start helping renters get a mortgage: ‘A very positive step’

Number of children in temporary accommodation in England hits new record high
Homelessness

Number of children in temporary accommodation in England hits new record high

Renters’ Rights Bill clears House of Lords bringing to end peers’ ‘tenant and landlord battle’
Renting

Renters’ Rights Bill clears House of Lords bringing to end peers’ ‘tenant and landlord battle’

‘Adults make dumb decisions’: What do teenagers think about lowering the voting age?
Democracy

‘Adults make dumb decisions’: What do teenagers think about lowering the voting age?

Disabled people warn of brutal ‘secret’ cuts to DWP Access to Work support: ‘It’s been horrific’
Access to work

Disabled people warn of brutal ‘secret’ cuts to DWP Access to Work support: ‘It’s been horrific’

Gen Z Londoners are handing out ‘awards’ to the organisations they blame for the housing crisis
Housing

Gen Z Londoners are handing out ‘awards’ to the organisations they blame for the housing crisis

Childcare costs families £1,000 per child in the summer holidays: ‘It makes me feel sick’
Childcare

Childcare costs families £1,000 per child in the summer holidays: ‘It makes me feel sick’

Joe Wicks joins forces with Labour for animated series to get kids active over summer holidays
Health and wellbeing

Joe Wicks joins forces with Labour for animated series to get kids active over summer holidays

Manchester police ‘encouraged’ to give officers life-saving naloxone after Big Issue reporting
Drugs

Manchester police ‘encouraged’ to give officers life-saving naloxone after Big Issue reporting

Black and minority households ‘forced to cut their hair and hide their accents’ to get social housing
Racism

Black and minority households ‘forced to cut their hair and hide their accents’ to get social housing

One in nine children hit by two-child benefit cap: ‘The public will not stomach inaction’
Child poverty

One in nine children hit by two-child benefit cap: ‘The public will not stomach inaction’

Sky-high rents mean ageing tenants ‘won’t be able to retire’ – adding billions to the benefits bill
RENTING

Sky-high rents mean ageing tenants ‘won’t be able to retire’ – adding billions to the benefits bill

This rule change is helping care leavers and domestic abuse survivors to get social homes
Social housing

This rule change is helping care leavers and domestic abuse survivors to get social homes

MPs vote to make Labour’s ‘reckless’ benefits bill into law – despite disabled people’s fears. Now what?
Disability benefits

MPs vote to make Labour’s ‘reckless’ benefits bill into law – despite disabled people’s fears. Now what?

UN committee sounds alarm over Labour’s benefits bill: ‘It should shame the government’
Disability benefits

UN committee sounds alarm over Labour’s benefits bill: ‘It should shame the government’

Homeless young people slapped with £1,800 carpet bill after finally being housed
Homelessness

Homeless young people slapped with £1,800 carpet bill after finally being housed

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‘Do what’s right for UK’s children’: Urgent call to scrap two-child benefit cap projected onto parliament
Child poverty

‘Do what’s right for UK’s children’: Urgent call to scrap two-child benefit cap projected onto parliament

Young people struggling to afford food face ‘stigma’ when seeking help: ‘We don’t feel welcome’
Food poverty

Young people struggling to afford food face ‘stigma’ when seeking help: ‘We don’t feel welcome’

This innovative new project helps get both domestic abuse victims and perpetrators off the streets
Homelessness

This innovative new project helps get both domestic abuse victims and perpetrators off the streets

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’