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The plumber-led support network keeping people warm this winter As the cost of living crisis bites, a support network founded by a plumber is helping struggling households across the UK Economics Society Wellbeing
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CCTV to be compulsory in all slaughterhouses in England to help enforce animal cruelty laws All slaughterhouses in England will have to be fitted with CCTV cameras in a bid to improve animal welfare and enforce laws against cruelty Society
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Free money: would a basic income create a fairer society? With countries including Finland, the Netherlands and France considering pilot schemes this year, the idea of a universal basic income is ga... Money Opinion
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How compassion and understanding can end the economy of shame Could society move beyond the rhetoric of 'strivers' and 'skivers' and be rebuilt around understanding and compassion? The effects would be ... Money Opinion Politics
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Money for nothing: the utopian ideal? It’s easy to assume that simply giving people money makes them lazy, yet a wealth of scientific research proves the contrary: free money hel... Economics
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New campaign asks benefit claimants to share their positive stories More than 70 charities back the campaign, which calls on government to understand the real reasons people struggle Economics Society
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