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A shocking 50% of households who are struggling financially are unable to clothe their children. Ahead of Clothing Poverty Awareness week, Closer speaks to one mum about her plight…

The UK’s birth rate is at its lowest ever – and that’s not just bad news for those who long to be grandparents. It could spell trouble for the nation’s future too

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80% of pupils with dyslexia leave school undiagnosed — let’s change the system, says Jamie Oliver

Contempt for democracy and the perversion of classical liberalism

Life in the Victorian slums was balanced on a knife-edge; one late rent payment or missed meal could have fatal results. Born against the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution, urban areas swelled wit