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I have seen the future. People are paid a basic income to escape 'labourism'

As part of Southbank Centre's Letters to the Future, we hear from three prominent letter writers about how their young lives ...
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My daughter collapsed and died before my eyes. I learned British Sign Language to process my grief

British Sign Language gave Dave Healey a way of speaking about the loss of his daughter after she collapsed and died before ...
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How Big Issue saved vendor Robin Price's life as magazine turns 35: 'Without them, I’d be dead’

Big Issue vendor Robin Price loves selling the magazine – and he credits it with saving his life. Now, he feels like he's ...
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How spending cuts have decimated public services since 2010, from libraries to youth clubs

Jeremy Hunt has announced huge spending cuts alongside tax rises in Thursday’s Autumn Statement to help plug a reported £55bn gap in public finances. Where those cuts are eventually made will be of ...
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What could be in chancellor John Healey's autumn budget and what could it mean for you?

John Healey is set to deliver the 2026 budget on 28 October. Here's what could be in the autumn statement on housing, ...
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Meet the photographer capturing UK homelessness – who became homeless himself

Photographer Brock Elbank has been sleeping in his car while photographing homelessness in the UK over the last few years.
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Timms Review recommends changes to 'dehumanising' PIP assessment process

Stephen Timms and the co-chairs of his review have announced their first recommendations for changing PIP – but are they the ...
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'My dad died hiding a gambling addiction and homelessness. I wish he had let us help him'

Michelle’s father never told anyone about his gambling addiction. He faced debt and homelessness, but he kept it quiet from ...
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The Conservatives want to cut housing benefit to fund defence spending. But will it work?

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch wants to cut housing benefit to pay for defence spending. Will dropping local housing ...
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British public don't back cuts to disability benefits – even Reform and Tory voters

Only 7% of people said there should be less spending on disability benefits, figures from the British Social Attitudes survey ...
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I spent 60 hours sat in a bathtub in Leeds to show how my soap company can tackle addiction

Getting Clean has delivered 200+ therapeutic workshops and given paid employment to recovering addicts. Chris Sylvester sat ...
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A message to you, Andy: the nation needs you to keep your word on rough sleeping

We need that light at the end of the tunnel, even if at times we have to fake it. But hope also needs real action to end ...