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We all clapped for the NHS during the Covid pandemic. Did it actually do... anything?
Healthcare workers march through London during the pandemic. Image: Unsplash
Five years since the pandemic

We all clapped for the NHS during the Covid pandemic. Did it actually do... anything?

Millions of Brits lined the streets to clap for NHS and key workers during the Covid pandemic. But what happened when the clapping stopped?
Labour's benefits cuts are short-sighted, whatever way you look at it
keir starmer
Paul McNamee

Labour's benefits cuts are short-sighted, whatever way you look at it

Adolescence is a powerful wake-up call about what's happening to our sons online
Holly Green, Dr Daniel Guinness

Adolescence is a powerful wake-up call about what's happening to our sons online

Labour's rushed cuts to benefits will see severely disabled people plunged into deep poverty
Anela Anwar

Labour's rushed cuts to benefits will see severely disabled people plunged into deep poverty

Poor women without education least likely to recover from effects of Covid, study finds
Five years since the pandemic

Poor women without education least likely to recover from effects of Covid, study finds

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Here's how to make your voice heard against the DWP's disability benefit cuts
a disability rights poster
Disability benefits

Here's how to make your voice heard against the DWP's disability benefit cuts

Victorian illnesses like rickets are on the rise. We need radical change to end malnutrition
Lynn Perry

Victorian illnesses like rickets are on the rise. We need radical change to end malnutrition

UK loses £118bn a year to poor mental health. Cutting benefits is not the answer
Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary.
Oliver Chantler

UK loses £118bn a year to poor mental health. Cutting benefits is not the answer

Stanley Tucci, Stephen Fry, Rosie Jones and more hit out over benefit cuts: 'It breaks my heart'
Stephen Fry, Stanley Tucci and Rosie Jones are among those calling for Labour to scrap its plans for disability benefit cuts
Disability benefits

Stanley Tucci, Stephen Fry, Rosie Jones and more hit out over benefit cuts: 'It breaks my heart'

Postnatal thoughts: Having a baby is so irrational – but I did it anyway
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Postnatal thoughts: Having a baby is so irrational – but I did it anyway

Disabled people have spent years being attacked as spongers. Labour's benefit cuts are no different
keir starmer, angela rayner and rachel reeves
Mikey Erhardt

Disabled people have spent years being attacked as spongers. Labour's benefit cuts are no different

Keir Starmer is watching Adolescence. Here's how his government can stop it happening in real life
Stephen Graham in the Netflix show Adolescence
Domestic abuse

Keir Starmer is watching Adolescence. Here's how his government can stop it happening in real life

DWP minister 'regrets' making disabled people feel anxious over benefit cuts
DWP minister Stephen Timms
Disability benefits

DWP minister 'regrets' making disabled people feel anxious over benefit cuts

The hidden impact of Labour's disability benefit cuts – from carer's allowance to railcards
keir starmer labour leader
Benefits

The hidden impact of Labour's disability benefit cuts – from carer's allowance to railcards

I'm a disabled person claiming benefits – and I've lost all hope in the Labour government
Labour prime minister Keir Starmer
Arjan

I'm a disabled person claiming benefits – and I've lost all hope in the Labour government

End two-child limit on benefits to lift 600,000 kids out of poverty, Labour told: 'We're in a crisis'
Image of child eating/ child poverty uk
Child poverty

End two-child limit on benefits to lift 600,000 kids out of poverty, Labour told: 'We're in a crisis'

Benefit cuts are a 'violation of human rights' which will harm ill and disabled people, Labour warned
DWP minister Liz Kendall
Disability benefits

Benefit cuts are a 'violation of human rights' which will harm ill and disabled people, Labour warned

Cuts, universal credit and PIP: Everything you need to know about Labour's benefits overhaul
Liz Kendall DWP secretary
Benefits

Cuts, universal credit and PIP: Everything you need to know about Labour's benefits overhaul

Compulsory domestic abuse lessons for over 16s could help 'prevent misogynistic murders', MPs told
MP Zarah Sultana with campaigners from Make It Mandatory.
Domestic abuse

Compulsory domestic abuse lessons for over 16s could help 'prevent misogynistic murders', MPs told

Too many children with special educational needs are living in poverty. It's a waste of public funds
A group photo of Changing Realities after focused SEND meeting with Bridget Philipson on 13 March. Image: Supplied
Joanne Barker-Marsh

Too many children with special educational needs are living in poverty. It's a waste of public funds

Over 85,000 children in Britain living in extreme poverty: 'There's a sense of hopelessness'
child asleep
Child poverty

Over 85,000 children in Britain living in extreme poverty: 'There's a sense of hopelessness'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'I'll lose my ability to be part of society': Disabled people fear life after Labour's benefit cuts
Disability benefits

'I'll lose my ability to be part of society': Disabled people fear life after Labour's benefit cuts

Disabled and mentally ill people feel 'broken and without hope' over Labour's plans for benefits
rachel reeves and keir starmer
Readers' views

Disabled and mentally ill people feel 'broken and without hope' over Labour's plans for benefits

My son was stabbed to death by his girlfriend. He didn't know how to escape domestic abuse
Domestic abuse

My son was stabbed to death by his girlfriend. He didn't know how to escape domestic abuse

Writer and comedian Mark Steel: 'Doing my car tax was more stressful than having cancer'
Letter to my younger self

Writer and comedian Mark Steel: 'Doing my car tax was more stressful than having cancer'

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