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Are universities really churning out 700,000 jobless graduates on benefits?
university graduates at graduation
graduates

Are universities really churning out 700,000 jobless graduates on benefits?

If you go to university, are you likely to end up on benefits? We take a look
Pensioners in poverty skip baths as water bills rise: ‘I hate living this way’
elderly woman washing food in tap water
Water

Pensioners in poverty skip baths as water bills rise: ‘I hate living this way’

Disabled journalist fears ‘secret cuts’ to Access to Work could force her out of employment
Access to Work

Disabled journalist fears ‘secret cuts’ to Access to Work could force her out of employment

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Kinship carers forced to turn to food banks after taking in vulnerable children
Kinship carers

Kinship carers forced to turn to food banks after taking in vulnerable children

Energy bills will fall in April. But will it be enough for people living in fuel poverty?
Energy bills

Energy bills will fall in April. But will it be enough for people living in fuel poverty?

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Cost of living crisis

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Half of UK adults have faced problem debt. It can happen to anyone – but help is out there
Woman with head in hands
Vikki Brownridge

Half of UK adults have faced problem debt. It can happen to anyone – but help is out there

This Debt Awareness Week, we want people to know it’s nothing to be ashamed of
Money

This Debt Awareness Week, we want people to know it’s nothing to be ashamed of

What happens if you ignore your bills or can’t afford to pay? Here’s how to get help
Stock image shows a person calculating their bills
Money

What happens if you ignore your bills or can’t afford to pay? Here’s how to get help

What will the Middle East conflict mean for UK energy bills?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers the Spring Statement (HM Treasury/Flickr)
Energy bills

What will the Middle East conflict mean for UK energy bills?

Advice & support

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Energy bills are rising in January. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?
energy bills
Cost of living

Energy bills are rising in January. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
a man chops vegetables on a table behind an older man
Christmas

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved

How to volunteer at a food bank
volunteers arrange food donations along rows of crates on tables
Food banks

How to volunteer at a food bank

What is child benefit and can I claim it?
Welfare system

What is child benefit and can I claim it?

Facts and figures

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Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?
Cost of living crisis

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?

Energy bills are rising in January. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?
energy bills
Cost of living

Energy bills are rising in January. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?

How to volunteer at a food bank
volunteers arrange food donations along rows of crates on tables
Food banks

How to volunteer at a food bank

What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?
Autumn budget

What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?

Food banks

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Labour says it wants to end the need for food banks. Is there any way it can succeed?
Peeblesshire Foodbank in the Trussell network.
Food banks

Labour says it wants to end the need for food banks. Is there any way it can succeed?

Taking action against climate change could also help end the need for food banks. Here’s how
Lisburn Foodbank in Northern Ireland. Image: Trussell/ Robert Stothard
Helen Barnard and Mike Childs

Taking action against climate change could also help end the need for food banks. Here’s how

Why are four million children still going hungry in the UK in 2026?
Dr Regina Murphy Keith

Why are four million children still going hungry in the UK in 2026?

Labour MP calls on government to boost universal credit: ‘We need to up our game’
Neil Duncan-Jordan, MP for Poole, speaking in parliament.
Universal credit

Labour MP calls on government to boost universal credit: ‘We need to up our game’

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Over a million kids live in hygiene poverty. But teachers don’t always know what to say
school children at desks
hygiene poverty

Over a million kids live in hygiene poverty. But teachers don’t always know what to say

‘I’m happy to pay for uni, but I’ll never clear my debt’: Graduates hit out at student loans crisis
Student debt

‘I’m happy to pay for uni, but I’ll never clear my debt’: Graduates hit out at student loans crisis

Labour has promised to stop poor people dying so early. A Scottish rapper could help them find the way
Darren McGarvey
Health inequalities

Labour has promised to stop poor people dying so early. A Scottish rapper could help them find the way

Thousands of children find hope in tent schools in Gaza: ‘We try to make the students smile’
Students at Gaza Great Minds
Gaza

Thousands of children find hope in tent schools in Gaza: ‘We try to make the students smile’

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