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It’s PMQs day and Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn again have enough topics to choose from when they face each other over the despatch box. Corbyn could highlight new warnings about UK tax havens, Trump’s Jerusalem gamble, homelessness...

Around 600 people with disabilities will today participate in an all-day event in the European Parliament’s hemicycle, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the founding of the European Disability Forum. President Antonio Tajani and Commissio...

A shocking 128,000 children in Britain will wake up homeless and in temporary accommodation this Christmas, a new report by Shelter reveals today (Wednesday 6th December). The report finds 2017 has seen the highest numbers of homeless children in a d...

House of Commons Tuesday 5 December 2017 Meeting starts at 11.30am Oral questions: Justice (including Topical Questions) Ten Minute Rule Motion: Service Animals (Offences)  Rt Hon Sir Oliver Heald QC MP (North East Hertfordshire, Conservati...

A supermarket chain has taken the "bold” step of selling food beyond its ‘Best Before’ date. The Co-Operative is trialling the initiative in East Anglia, where tinned and dried food will be retailed at a flat price of 10p upon passi...

Today sees the launch of UK Poverty 2017 which highlights that overall, 14 million people live in poverty in the UK – over one in five of the population. This is made up of eight million working-age adults, four million children and 1.9 mi...

PCS: “we do not believe there is any real quality control” This week on Wednesday 6 December at 0930 the Committee will question DWP contractors Atos, Capita and Maximus, who carry out the medical assessments for disability benefits PIP a...

Hundreds of thousands of children and pensioners have fallen into poverty over the past four years, a report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation reveals today. Hundreds of thousands of children and pensioners have fallen into poverty over the past four...

Protesters were out in force in Gloucester city centre on Saturday as part of a 'national day of action' in opposition to Universal Credit, the controversial new benefits system that will be rolled-out across Gloucestershire in February. The protest...

Richard Burgon is the shadow justice secretary and Labour MP for Leeds East. Here he talks about the Law Societies battle to save Legal Aid. +++ A single mother battling against a dodgy landlord who refuses to tackle the damp affecting her baby&rsquo...