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Ex-Premier League star Troy Deeney: 'My dad used to beat us up. Football was my only escape'
Letter To My Younger Self

Ex-Premier League star Troy Deeney: 'My dad used to beat us up. Football was my only escape'

Letters: I'm not a Labour voter – but Keir Starmer is worse than I expected
Letters

Letters: I'm not a Labour voter – but Keir Starmer is worse than I expected

'It was like the place was waiting for me': Three Big Issue vendors went to the Lake District – and were transformed
Our vendors

'It was like the place was waiting for me': Three Big Issue vendors went to the Lake District – and were transformed

The Bear's Will Poulter and TV chef Big Zuu host BBQ for homeless young people: 'Food is everything'
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Food

The Bear's Will Poulter and TV chef Big Zuu host BBQ for homeless young people: 'Food is everything'

Olympics star Steve Cram: 'TV's thrilling but nothing else feels like winning a race'
Steve Cram
Letter To My Younger Self

Olympics star Steve Cram: 'TV's thrilling but nothing else feels like winning a race'

How to save money on childcare over the summer holidays
summer holiday childcare
Childcare

How to save money on childcare over the summer holidays

NHS spending on private mental health beds soars to £1.4bn in five years: 'Terrible things are happening'
Mental health

NHS spending on private mental health beds soars to £1.4bn in five years: 'Terrible things are happening'

Letters: A lot of pensioners need the winter fuel payment – but they're missing out
Letters

Letters: A lot of pensioners need the winter fuel payment – but they're missing out

Remembering when motorway service stations were a destination in themselves
Transport

Remembering when motorway service stations were a destination in themselves

23 discounted days out for families on universal credit and other benefits this summer holiday
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Summer survival guide

23 discounted days out for families on universal credit and other benefits this summer holiday

Letters: How can we have a four-day week when some of us are working seven?
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Letters

Letters: How can we have a four-day week when some of us are working seven?

Olympic champion Laura Kenny: 'I was told cycling wasn't a proper job'
Laura Kenny at the 2020 Olympics
Letter To My Younger Self

Olympic champion Laura Kenny: 'I was told cycling wasn't a proper job'

Cost of living crisis is causing adoption rates to decline – but every child deserves a loving home
Adoption

Cost of living crisis is causing adoption rates to decline – but every child deserves a loving home

DWP benefit and pension payment dates for August 2024 – plus universal credit and PIP changes
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Department for Work and Pensions

DWP benefit and pension payment dates for August 2024 – plus universal credit and PIP changes

Letters: I'm an anti-capitalist, non-binary vegan. Here's what private school taught me
Letters

Letters: I'm an anti-capitalist, non-binary vegan. Here's what private school taught me

Free and cheap things to do with the kids over the 2024 summer holidays
Cost of living

Free and cheap things to do with the kids over the 2024 summer holidays

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How to spend wisely and be more Taylor with our free kids' magazine
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How to spend wisely and be more Taylor with our free kids' magazine

Letters: The DWP needs to be kind – instead of making people's lives difficult
Liz Kendall DWP
Letters

Letters: The DWP needs to be kind – instead of making people's lives difficult

Brits are losing faith that the NHS will be there when they need it. Here's what needs to change
NHS

Brits are losing faith that the NHS will be there when they need it. Here's what needs to change

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