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Labour pledge £2bn for social housing ahead of Spring Statement: ‘We are fixing the housing crisis’
Deputy prime minister and housing secretary Angela Rayner and chancellor Rachel Reeves
Spring Statement

Labour pledge £2bn for social housing ahead of Spring Statement: ‘We are fixing the housing crisis’

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised the government’s Plan for Change will deliver 18,000 new social and affordable homes off the back of a fresh £2 billion investment
Cuts, taxes and Labour dissent: What to expect from the chancellor's Spring Statement
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Spring Statement

Cuts, taxes and Labour dissent: What to expect from the chancellor's Spring Statement

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?

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

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

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

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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'

DWP's new unemployment benefit and changes to work capability assessments, explained
Benefits

DWP's new unemployment benefit and changes to work capability assessments, explained

How Labour's changes to universal credit are going to impact millions of Brits
work and pensions secretary liz kendall announces her plan to 'get britain working'
Universal Credit

How Labour's changes to universal credit are going to impact millions of Brits

The government has a choice: Slash benefits and destroy lives or support disabled people
Keir Starmer
James Watson-O’Neill

The government has a choice: Slash benefits and destroy lives or support disabled people

Cuts to benefits would be a 'grave mistake', Keir Starmer warned by his own MPs
keir starmer
Benefits

Cuts to benefits would be a 'grave mistake', Keir Starmer warned by his own MPs

Labour promises 'biggest building boom in a generation' in reform of UK's planning system
Labour deputy prime minister Angela Rayner in construction gear
Planning

Labour promises 'biggest building boom in a generation' in reform of UK's planning system

This small change to sick pay would make a huge difference for people with mental health problems
person with book on head and papers scattered around
Minesh Patel

This small change to sick pay would make a huge difference for people with mental health problems

Starmer squandering chance to gain public's trust, says boss of influential progressive think tank
Harry Quilter-Pinner, director of IPPR
Think tanks

Starmer squandering chance to gain public's trust, says boss of influential progressive think tank

Conflating sex work and sex trafficking is harmful and needs to stop, Labour told
anti violence against women graffiti says 'women deserve better'
Sex work

Conflating sex work and sex trafficking is harmful and needs to stop, Labour told

Labour wants to 'unleash the North Sea's clean energy future'. What does that mean for oil and gas?
North Sea

Labour wants to 'unleash the North Sea's clean energy future'. What does that mean for oil and gas?

Germany's extreme right profited from economic decline. Keir Starmer should take note
Jakob Hafele

Germany's extreme right profited from economic decline. Keir Starmer should take note

Will Labour's 'radical' leasehold reforms lead to a 'two-tier' system for flat owners?
Cladding protest in Westminster
Leasehold reform

Will Labour's 'radical' leasehold reforms lead to a 'two-tier' system for flat owners?

Here's how Labour can work with 'NIMBYs' to fulfil its 1.5m homes promise
Housing in the UK
Liz Williams

Here's how Labour can work with 'NIMBYs' to fulfil its 1.5m homes promise

Number of young people not in work or education highest for a decade – but it's not their fault
The green job centre plus sign hangs above a wet and dirty concrete architrave
NEET

Number of young people not in work or education highest for a decade – but it's not their fault

Foreign workers at 'increasing risk of exploitation' as UK sees sharp fall in work visas
Prime minister Keir Starmer dressed in hi-vis jacket and hard hat
Migration

Foreign workers at 'increasing risk of exploitation' as UK sees sharp fall in work visas

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
No, Gen Z don't want the UK to be ruled by a dictator
Bobby Duffy

No, Gen Z don't want the UK to be ruled by a dictator

Labour accused of 'turning its back on disabled people' in Grenfell Inquiry response: 'We're dismayed'
Grenfell memorial
Grenfell

Labour accused of 'turning its back on disabled people' in Grenfell Inquiry response: 'We're dismayed'

Labour reveals plan to 'take everybody into a new digital era': 'It's a difference between us and Tories'
Secretary of State Peter Kyle hosts a launch event for the new Digital Centre of Government
Digital inclusion

Labour reveals plan to 'take everybody into a new digital era': 'It's a difference between us and Tories'

Labour doubles emergency homelessness funding to £60m: 'No one should live in fear of losing their home'
Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali and housing secretary Angela Rayner
Homelessness

Labour doubles emergency homelessness funding to £60m: 'No one should live in fear of losing their home'

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