Former prime minister proposes £3bn support package for more than 3 million of ‘blighted generation’Gordon Brown: ‘Millions of British children born since 2010 have only known poverty. My plan would give...
Read MoreProposal, attacked by homelessness charities as dehumanising, had provoked threats of revolt among MPsUK politics live – latest updatesThe government will drop plans to criminalise rough sleepers for being deemed a...
Read MoreExclusive: Existing policies seem designed to push people into destitution but fail as a deterrent, cross-party report saysAsylum seekers should be given the right to work after six months and granted greater access to public...
Read MoreLong-serving MP dedicated Westminster career to tackling social issues including child poverty and modern slaveryTributes from across the political spectrum have been paid to the former Labour minister and welfare campaigner...
Read MoreKhan says he will spend extra £10m on crisis if elected to third term as mayor as numbers reach highest level in a decade Sadiq Khan has pledged to eliminate rough sleeping in London, where the numbers on the streets have...
Read MorePM insists the government is delivering despite Guardian analysis showing deterioration in three areasAt the weekend the Observer splashed on a story by Toby Helm saying government lawyers have told ministers that Israel is...
Read MoreLiberal Democrats say PM is ‘laughing in the face of people crying out for change’ Rishi Sunak has called for an urgent investigation by Israel into the airstrike that reportedly killed at least one British aid...
Read MoreGroup working with Labour and Lib Dem MPs oppose government’s move to introduce harsher measuresRough sleeping could be fully decriminalised after 200 years under proposals from rebel Tory MPs to repeal legislation dating...
Read MorePolice in England and Wales to be given powers to fine homeless people deemed to be causing a ‘nuisance’Ministers are facing a revolt from their own MPs over plans to criminalise homelessness in upcoming...
Read MoreExclusive: Millions more GP appointments potentially created as a result of closuresAlmost 1,000 pharmacies in England have closed since 2017, potentially leading to millions of extra GP appointments, the Guardian can...
Read MoreNearly fifth of population struggled with basic needs and charities accuse government of failing poorestUK politics – latest updatesAbout 300,000 more children were plunged into absolute poverty in a single year at the...
Read MoreNearly fifth of population struggled with basic needs, it emerges, as charities accuse government of failing poorestYou’ve heard stories of poverty in Britain. Now here’s the irrefutable evidence of a society failing...
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