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DWP admits winter fuel payment cuts will plunge tens of thousands of pensioners into poverty
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DWP admits winter fuel payment cuts will plunge tens of thousands of pensioners into poverty

Cuts to winter fuel payments will push tens of thousands of pensioners into poverty, according to the DWP’s own forecasts
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‘This cannot go on’: Hundreds of thousands of people turning to food banks for the first time

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IVF pioneer Jean Purdy made parenthood possible for millions. We must celebrate this unsung hero 

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Britain’s data watchdog has a warning for big tech and AI companies: ‘We’re watching you’

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‘Time to dump the housing ladder’: Inside the fightback against the temporary housing crisis

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Letters: Disabled people live in constant fear we will lose our benefits – which we need to survive
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Letters: Disabled people live in constant fear we will lose our benefits – which we need to survive

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DWP benefit payment dates in November 2024 – including possible changes in autumn budget

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Michael Turner, Kings Chase, Kingswood, Bristol

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Will Herbert, Budgens, Upper Street, Islington, London

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Inside the Big Issue: Fearless Chris McCausland

This Big Issue vendor is donating his earnings to charity for Remembrance Day: ‘Please buy a magazine’
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This Big Issue vendor is donating his earnings to charity for Remembrance Day: ‘Please buy a magazine’

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How the Big Issue went from revolutionary act to an iconic part of Britain’s street

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I’m a street paper vendor and here’s why I support Donald Trump: ‘We’re not as divided as we think’

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