New guidelines on enforced prepayment meters fail to protect the most vulnerable
It’s disgusting that the government is allowing companies to continue this unscrupulous practice.
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Disability benefit delays are causing cancer patients’ health to worsen
People are waiting an average of 14 weeks to find out if they will get welfare payments, Macmillan research reveals.
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The politics of free time
Exclusive to the New Statesman, a new 40-year analysis of time use diaries reveals why Britons feel burnt out.
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Ending rough sleeping in England is an ambition undermined by policy failures
New data shows that homelessness is rising for the first time in years.
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Ireland’s “storm chasers” show how renewables can tackle fuel poverty
As energy prices soar, so does the case for the green transition.
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America’s oldest shame is violence, not racism
Ideology alone does not explain police killings in the United States.
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“It’s a system failure”: Tory “warm bank” constituents signal election warning
Disgruntled “warm bank” users in Conservative seats are a predictor of the party’s electoral wipeout.
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The Policy Ask with Matt Downie: “There is no excuse for people to be living and dying on our streets”
The CEO of Crisis on rogue landlords, the inhumanity of the “hostile environment” mantra and Finland’s housing-first policy.
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