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A report has linked as many as 600 suicides to the assessment process

Back to work support has failed the people who need it most

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We can use social media to connect with politicians, academics, and activists across the world

Digital democracy and the new underclass

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Reducing the benefit cap will lead to fewer people finding jobs, not more

Comment: Tory cuts will make it harder for people to return to work

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Research shows the number of children in poverty that are from working households has risen by 300,000 since 2010

Comment: The government is breaking its pledge to fight child poverty

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Migrants arrive on a beach of the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece,

Why has Europe stopped caring about children drowning on our shores?

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Security services will be awarded more surveillance powers

Comment: The Investigatory Powers Bill will do nothing to tackle violent extremism

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There are already women travelling from Scotland to England for late term abortions

Scottish women’s reproductive rights are now at risk

Whatever the rights or wrongs of devolution, women’s rights must be protected

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Rubber masks of British Chancellor George Osborne are lined up by Anti-austerity protesters last year

The big tax credit cut almost nobody has heard of

Few are prepared for the tax credit cut that could affect millions

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There is a culture of disbelief among rape and assault cases

The Cosby case shows how hard it is for rape victims to be heard

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The voices of sex workers are finally being heard

The debate over sex workers’ rights is finally being won

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The German model has attracted the interest of both Labour and the Conservatives over the years

Why is Labour still so obsessed with the German model?

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Assad supporters wave flags and placards during last year's presidential elections

Comment: The uncomfortable truth about Syria is that Assad is popular

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President al-Sisi is visiting the UK this week

Cameron’s welcome to the butcher of Egypt is a disgrace

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The UK's attitude to drug reform is in stark contrast to that in Ireland

Comment: The rest of the world is leaving Britain behind on drug reform

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Tim Farron visiting the island of Lesvos last week

Comment: Ignore the right-wing press – refugees are fleeing for their lives

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Data suggests that gay and transgender prisoners were at the highest risk of attack of sexual assault in prisons

Comment: The prisons minister must take the blame for the failure to protect Tara Hudson

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The government's drug policy has veered towards science fiction

Comment: Quantum cannabis – How drug policy turned sci-fi

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Corbyn's use of language is as revolutionary as his policies

Jeremy Corbyn’s appeal is more to do with language than ideology

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It's estimated that over a million pumpkins are purchased every year in the UK for decoration purposes

The scariest thing about Halloween is the 18,000 tonnes of wasted pumpkins

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