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From the NHS to ‘spreading opportunity’: Here’s what should be in Keir Starmer’s ‘plan for change’
Plan for change

From the NHS to ‘spreading opportunity’: Here’s what should be in Keir Starmer’s ‘plan for change’

The UK must change for disabled people in 2025 – so we can live the lives we deserve
Mikey Erhardt

The UK must change for disabled people in 2025 – so we can live the lives we deserve

Starmer’s intention for work and benefits should be applauded – but it must come with good jobs
Paul McNamee

Starmer’s intention for work and benefits should be applauded – but it must come with good jobs

Last Christmas I was in prison. This year I’m working in a London fine-dining restaurant
Christmas

Last Christmas I was in prison. This year I’m working in a London fine-dining restaurant

Labour has declared ‘war on benefits’. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing
Catherine Parsons

Labour has declared ‘war on benefits’. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing

‘Get Britain Working’ risks becoming empty words without urgent reforms to the benefits system
Anela Anwar

‘Get Britain Working’ risks becoming empty words without urgent reforms to the benefits system

Labour warned against ‘scare tactics’ after revealing Jobcentres reform plan to ‘get Britain working’
Department for Work and Pensions

Labour warned against ‘scare tactics’ after revealing Jobcentres reform plan to ‘get Britain working’

How and when to claim unemployment benefits
benefits

How and when to claim unemployment benefits

DWP benefit reforms to get people into work are ‘smokescreen for cuts’, disability activist says
Disability benefits

DWP benefit reforms to get people into work are ‘smokescreen for cuts’, disability activist says

Disabled people losing jobs and ‘falling out of work’ due to months-long waits for DWP support
Disability rights

Disabled people losing jobs and ‘falling out of work’ due to months-long waits for DWP support

Pay boost for millions as Labour raises minimum wage to £12.21 an hour – but is it enough?
Minimum wage

Pay boost for millions as Labour raises minimum wage to £12.21 an hour – but is it enough?

DWP wants to send job coaches into mental health hospitals. Here’s why it’s a ‘dangerous’ idea
Employment

DWP wants to send job coaches into mental health hospitals. Here’s why it’s a ‘dangerous’ idea

Leading recruitment expert Patrick Graham announced as Non-Executive Director for Big Issue Changing Lives CIC
Press Release

Leading recruitment expert Patrick Graham announced as Non-Executive Director for Big Issue Changing Lives CIC

Will Labour’s employment and renting reform bills finally end millennials’ insecurity?
Alice Martin

Will Labour’s employment and renting reform bills finally end millennials’ insecurity?

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’

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

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Get ready for the next Great Resignation as workers say they’re burned out and yearning for joy
Work

Get ready for the next Great Resignation as workers say they’re burned out and yearning for joy

Three-quarters of Labour voters back a four-day working week: ‘Brits are burnt out’
Four-Day Working Week

Three-quarters of Labour voters back a four-day working week: ‘Brits are burnt out’

Suffering a brain injury forced me out of work and onto benefits – it’s a lonely thing to go through
Health

Suffering a brain injury forced me out of work and onto benefits – it’s a lonely thing to go through

Emilia Clarke: ‘Hospitals will fix your brain, but the recovery process will save you’
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Emilia Clarke: ‘Hospitals will fix your brain, but the recovery process will save you’