Social Justice

Meet the people helping homeless women access abortions: ‘It’s about giving them the choice’
a woman being supported by a nurse
Abortion

Meet the people helping homeless women access abortions: ‘It’s about giving them the choice’

There is vital work being carried out by abortion services to give vulnerable women, including those who are facing homelessness, access to choice
Anti-abortion groups have received funds from the UK government and National Lottery
A chancellor of the exchequer holding the briefcase containing the government's budget.
Abortion

Anti-abortion groups have received funds from the UK government and National Lottery

What is the truth about crisis pregnancy centres? The anti-abortion facilities creeping across Britain
a woman sitting on a couch
Abortion

What is the truth about crisis pregnancy centres? The anti-abortion facilities creeping across Britain

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Abortion is close to decriminalisation. But how quickly can rights and progress be rolled back?
Abortion

Abortion is close to decriminalisation. But how quickly can rights and progress be rolled back?

More than £4bn in benefits will go unclaimed in London this year: ‘Too many people miss out’
Benefits

More than £4bn in benefits will go unclaimed in London this year: ‘Too many people miss out’

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Cost of living crisis

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Taxing wealth in the budget could score the chancellor a triple win
Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivering the autumn budget in 2024.
Howard Reed and Martin O’Neill

Taxing wealth in the budget could score the chancellor a triple win

Everything you need to know about how to apply for universal credit
Stock image of mother and baby
Universal credit

Everything you need to know about how to apply for universal credit

‘It’s never been more urgent’: Inside the garden project empowering communities to grow their own food
George Cornelius gives a tour of Loddington's school garden and wetland project
Food

‘It’s never been more urgent’: Inside the garden project empowering communities to grow their own food

More than £4bn in benefits will go unclaimed in London this year: ‘Too many people miss out’
Benefits

More than £4bn in benefits will go unclaimed in London this year: ‘Too many people miss out’

Advice & support

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Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025
dwp benefits christmas/ bauble
Christmas

Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025

Energy bills are rising this October. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?
energy bills
Cost of living

Energy bills are rising this October. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?

What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I’m eligible?
money/ pip backdated payments
Disability benefits

What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I’m eligible?

How to navigate DWP disability benefit applications and PIP assessments
DWP disability benefits
Disability benefits

How to navigate DWP disability benefit applications and PIP assessments

Facts and figures

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Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025
dwp benefits christmas/ bauble
Christmas

Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025

Energy bills are rising this October. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?
energy bills
Cost of living

Energy bills are rising this October. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?

What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I’m eligible?
money/ pip backdated payments
Disability benefits

What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I’m eligible?

What is universal credit? The DWP benefit explained
universal credit
Universal credit

What is universal credit? The DWP benefit explained

Food banks

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Oxford university lecturers are turning to food banks. The scandal is that it’s no longer shocking
Bianca Robinson

Oxford university lecturers are turning to food banks. The scandal is that it’s no longer shocking

Revealed: Millions of disabled people went to a food bank last year as Labour plotted benefit cuts
A Trussell food bank worker sorting food parcels. Image: Dan Prince
Food banks

Revealed: Millions of disabled people went to a food bank last year as Labour plotted benefit cuts

I reached out to a food bank after losing everything – it changed my life forever
Hugh McNeill

I reached out to a food bank after losing everything – it changed my life forever

Council drops bid to evict food bank from premises in child poverty hotspot: ‘Our future is secure’
Food banks

Council drops bid to evict food bank from premises in child poverty hotspot: ‘Our future is secure’

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Labour has promised to stop poor people dying so early. A Scottish rapper could help them find the way
Darren McGarvey
Health inequalities

Labour has promised to stop poor people dying so early. A Scottish rapper could help them find the way

Thousands of children find hope in tent schools in Gaza: ‘We try to make the students smile’
Students at Gaza Great Minds
Gaza

Thousands of children find hope in tent schools in Gaza: ‘We try to make the students smile’

Inside the food banks seeing ‘highest demand ever seen’ as cost of living harms families
Food preparation and the cafe at Granville Community Kitchen in North West London. Image: Mary Turner/ IFAN
Food banks

Inside the food banks seeing ‘highest demand ever seen’ as cost of living harms families

These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families ‘before it’s too late’
Marie Maubouche
Adoption

These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families ‘before it’s too late’

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