As hundreds of Labour MPs show fury over proposals to remove billions from the welfare cutbacks budget, Keir Starmer is dealing with what could be the most major uprising of …
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Tens of thousands of children in migrant and refugee families across the UK are being denied access to government-funded childcare due to benefit restrictions linked to their parents’ immigration status. …
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Joanna Thomas was working for a UK government department when she received a bonus. As had been the case since she got married in her early 20s, her earnings went …
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According to PwC’s Women in Work Index, the UK has slipped behind Canada to its lowest rating among major economies for workplace gender equality in ten years. As a result …
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Prisoners in England and Wales may soon have to earn their freedom through “good behaviour credits” rather than being automatically released after a set period. The government is considering this …
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Campaigners have cautioned the government that unless it changes its stance not to pay £10 billion in Waspi compensation to the Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) group, legal action …
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According to new research, cancer disparities have resulted in cancer death rates 60% higher for individuals living in the most poor areas of the UK relative to those in more …
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Pensions Minister Torsten Bell contends that Britain’s failing public services provide a major hindrance to economic development rather than only a social one. Bell underlined in his first interview since …
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The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was released from a Tehran jail in 2022 following five years of incarceration, Richard Ratcliffe has encouraged the UK government to react faster in …
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New data finds that the poorest households in Britain are spending an increasingly bigger share of their income on council tax. Comparisons to the poll tax that was crucial in …
