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Young working-class people being ‘blocked’ from creative industries, study finds

Young people from working-class backgrounds are being “blocked” from entering the creative industries, which remain “elitist” and inaccessible, according to research.A report from the Sutton Trust found stark overrepresentation...
Communities

New council housing in England may be removed from right to buy scheme

Ministers may stop new council houses in England from being sold under the right to buy scheme, Angela...
Benefits

There’s no need to cut poorer pensioners’ income. Smarter winter fuel solutions are at hand | Steve Webb

The new government’s honeymoon period with the voters ended at 3.33pm on Monday 29 July. This was when...
Benefits

Labour ministers reveal grave concerns about winter fuel payment cut

Cabinet ministers have grave concerns about Rachel Reeves’s plan to axe the winter fuel allowance for all but...
Education

Friday briefing: What’s behind the rapid rise of school suspensions in England?

Good morning.School suspensions have been steadily rising since 2015, but in the last few years there has been...

The Guardian view on poverty in Britain: desperation in plain sight | Editorial

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One of the greatest achievements of the Labour governments in office from 1997 to 2010 was to significantly reduce levels of poverty in Britain....

Rachel Reeves under renewed fire from MPs and charities over cuts to winter fuel allowance

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The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is under fresh pressure this weekend over controversial plans to limit winter fuel allowance to the poorest pensioners, amid claims...

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