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My two favourite things-trains & silly spending Exc Labour accused of “burning money” for spending £36k to find out some people without cars use trains Findings also include that some don’t travel by rail because they “don’t like travelling with others” telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/0…

Today was my first day as the @Telegraph 's newest news reporter! Send stories, tips or gossip my way at ruby.cline@telegraph.co.uk.

🗳️ Some councils could predict Britain’s political future Our interactive map reveals how voters abandoned traditional party strongholds in one of the most dramatic local election results in decades Explore the hotspots driving Britain’s political realignment ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

Almost one in 20 people who turned 18 in 2020 have been on Universal Credit their entire adulthood. “I’d love to be young again,” my mother’s friend says wistfully. “Back then, though. I wouldn’t want to be young now, God!” #comment" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/0…

🔴 Young people stuck on benefits ‘scrapheap’ since pandemic 🔗 telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/0…

Benefits are "sticky", he wrote, announcing a package of job incentives for the young in March. But the measures might be too late for a "locked out" year group of pandemic claimants. telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/0…

More than nine in 10 UC claimants since lockdown measures ended in late 2022 were recorded as having “mental and behavioural disorders”, acc DWP figures. A 22yo on health-based UC is less likely to get a job than someone in their 50s on the same benefit, Pat McFadden admitted.

How Covid left 24-year-olds on the ‘scrapheap’ – with no choice but a lifetime on benefits Almost one in 20 of those who turned 18 during the pandemic have been on Universal Credit their entire adulthoods 🧵⤵️ @abreslin1 telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/0…

Streeting to tackle 'appalling' NHS medical misogyny culture More than 500k people wait for gynaecology treatment as Health Sec promises to punish hospitals that 'gaslight' women First joint byline with fantastic @lauradonnlee telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/1…

The front page of tomorrow's Sunday Telegraph: 'Trump gives Iran hellfire ultimatum' #TomorrowsPapersToday

Sunday's TELEGRAPH: Trump gives Iran hellfire ultimatum #TomorrowsPapersToday

EXC Digital ‘self-service’ benefits would increase application volume by a third Labour plans to do them anyway ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

The new "Plan 5" loan scheme means many will repay well into their retirements - and could lose £200,000 from their pension pots. Current students, whose debts won't be written off until 2067, say they weren't aware of the changes telegraph.co.uk/money/pensions…

Female graduates face a £20,000 student loan penalty for having a baby, Telegraph analysis reveals The new 'Plan 5' loan scheme has been championed as a way to make repayments fairer - but women will bear a disproportionate brunt of the change telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer…

'Come with me to get kicked out of the UK because I couldn’t find a new job,' 25-year-old Teresa titles her video in a cutesy pink font. Inside the world of 'unemployment influencers', who document their job rejections for cash telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer…