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Five key things you need to know about PIP
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Disability benefits

Five key things you need to know about PIP

Thinking about applying for the personal independence payment (PIP)? Here are five things you need to know before you do
Millions of Brits use Buy Now, Pay Later to shop. Will new rules protect people from the dangers?
Alannah-Jayne Simpson and her two boys.
Buy Now, Pay Later

Millions of Brits use Buy Now, Pay Later to shop. Will new rules protect people from the dangers?

DWP payment dates in August 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month
A woman and two children
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP payment dates in August 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month

Top Stories

This man has found a way to travel by train for free… with one small catch
Transport

This man has found a way to travel by train for free… with one small catch

24 discounted days out for families on universal credit and other benefits this summer holiday
Summer survival guide

24 discounted days out for families on universal credit and other benefits this summer holiday

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

Energy bills

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Crisis-proofing your finances: How to prepare for the unexpected with an emergency fund
Emergency fund

Crisis-proofing your finances: How to prepare for the unexpected with an emergency fund

How can I make money? Quick and easy ways to make extra cash online and offline
Woman putting money in piggy bank/ how make money
Cost of living crisis

How can I make money? Quick and easy ways to make extra cash online and offline

13 DIY tips to keep your energy bills low this winter
Energy bills

13 DIY tips to keep your energy bills low this winter

Cost of living crisis one year on: ‘You don’t need to figure it out alone’
cost of living crisis
cost of living crisis

Cost of living crisis one year on: ‘You don’t need to figure it out alone’

Debt

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Bailiffs tried taking my kids’ toys over council tax debt – people shouldn’t have to go through this
Acorn members hand in their open letter at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Council tax

Bailiffs tried taking my kids’ toys over council tax debt – people shouldn’t have to go through this

There’s a way to make the council tax system fairer – if only we had the will
Rows of houses in Sheffield
Vikki Brownridge

There’s a way to make the council tax system fairer – if only we had the will

The government’s decision to regulate bailiff firms can’t come quickly enough
Household debt
Vikki Brownridge

The government’s decision to regulate bailiff firms can’t come quickly enough

DWP taking cash back from benefit claimants it overpaid is ‘just like carer’s allowance scandal’
Benefits

DWP taking cash back from benefit claimants it overpaid is ‘just like carer’s allowance scandal’

Financial health

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January is one of the hardest months for debt – but it’s never too late to seek help
debt worries
Vikki Brownridge

January is one of the hardest months for debt – but it’s never too late to seek help

‘I have nothing they can take’: Council tax debt collection having devastating impact on vulnerable people
a man with an empty wallet
Sarah Muirhead

‘I have nothing they can take’: Council tax debt collection having devastating impact on vulnerable people

Too many people wouldn’t be able to cope with an unforeseen cost of £1,000 – that needs to change
Opinion

Too many people wouldn’t be able to cope with an unforeseen cost of £1,000 – that needs to change

‘We are in the eye of the storm’: What next for Brits facing the energy crisis?
energy bills
cost of living

‘We are in the eye of the storm’: What next for Brits facing the energy crisis?

The Big Exchange

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‘Not just for the super-rich’: How ethical investing can change the world
Ethical investing

‘Not just for the super-rich’: How ethical investing can change the world

COP28: Here’s how a just transition from fossil fuels can save us
Protesters carrying banners against fossil fuels
Kim Goodall

COP28: Here’s how a just transition from fossil fuels can save us

Richard Curtis backs The Big Exchange and urges people to make their money matter
The Big Exchange
Richard Curtis

Richard Curtis backs The Big Exchange and urges people to make their money matter

The Big Exchange: Invest in the things you care about
The Big Exchange

The Big Exchange: Invest in the things you care about