Job centres are the front line for mental health services
We need to prevent people from becoming patients in the first place.
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In my great-great-grandfather’s poetry, I glimpse the Britain I report on today
George Lattimer, a trade unionist in Victorian London writing about fair pay and the workhouse, would still have plenty of…
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Posh but poor? The return of the squeezed middle
From new food-bank users to cash-strapped professionals, middle earners are being hit hard by the rising cost of living.
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Brits support universal basic income by 20-point margin
Exclusive: A majority of voters in the UK support a guaranteed monthly income from the state in every region, in…
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“IT problems” don’t stop Rishi Sunak raising benefits, says Universal Credit creator
The Chancellor’s claim that he can only increase welfare payments once a year is rebutted by tech expert Deven Ghelani.
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There’s an easy way to help with energy bills, but the government won’t use it
Ministers are resorting to the nonsensical council tax system because they are ideologically allergic to raising Universal Credit.
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Did Covid-19 push public opinion in a more left-wing direction?
The landmark British Social Attitudes survey reveals a public more aware of inequality and sympathetic to welfare. But pollster John…
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Exclusive: New figures reveal Rishi Sunak’s flagship youth jobs scheme is having little impact
New data reveals that Kickstart, extended for four months by the Chancellor this week, is not driving a fall in…
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