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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
How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
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Homelessness

How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?

Cost of living payments: Where to get help in 2025 now the scheme is over
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Cost of living crisis

Cost of living payments: Where to get help in 2025 now the scheme is over

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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

33 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the summer holidays
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33 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the summer holidays

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Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?
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Renting

Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?

Five key things you need to know about PIP
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Disability benefits

Five key things you need to know about PIP

Cost of living payments: Where to get help in 2025 now the scheme is over
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Cost of living crisis

Cost of living payments: Where to get help in 2025 now the scheme is over

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

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

Making it through the cost of living crisis

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Cost of living payments: Where to get help in 2025 now the scheme is over
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Cost of living crisis

Cost of living payments: Where to get help in 2025 now the scheme is over

Energy bills are rising this April. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?
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Cost of living crisis

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

Water bills are going up in April 2025. Here’s what to do if you’re struggling to pay
Cost of living crisis

Water bills are going up in April 2025. Here’s what to do if you’re struggling to pay

DWP payment dates in March 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
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Benefits

DWP payment dates in March 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

Housing advice

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How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
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Homelessness

How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?

I fell for a rent scam and lost £1,000 – so I helped other renters fight the scammers
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I fell for a rent scam and lost £1,000 – so I helped other renters fight the scammers

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather
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Homelessness

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
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Christmas

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved

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Sign up to Working On It: The Big Issue newsletter about making work better
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Sign up to Working On It: The Big Issue newsletter about making work better

Job interview but low on cash? Here’s where to get a free smart outfit for a great first impression
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Job interview but low on cash? Here’s where to get a free smart outfit for a great first impression

Considering a new job? Here’s how to retrain in 10 crucial areas desperate to hire
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Retrain

Considering a new job? Here’s how to retrain in 10 crucial areas desperate to hire

Working temperature: When is it too hot to work?
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Heatwave

Working temperature: When is it too hot to work?

Green living

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How to talk about climate justice and help create a more equal world
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Climate justice

How to talk about climate justice and help create a more equal world

Climate anxiety: What is it and how can you cope?
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Climate anxiety: What is it and how can you cope?

Air pollution: How to protect yourself from the deadly consequences of dirty air
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Air pollution: How to protect yourself from the deadly consequences of dirty air

Looking to be more sustainable? Here’s our top 10 tips to reduce your carbon emissions
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Carbon Footprint

Looking to be more sustainable? Here’s our top 10 tips to reduce your carbon emissions

How to make a difference

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11 ways to spread kindness without spending money
Random Acts of Kindness
Random Acts of Kindness Day

11 ways to spread kindness without spending money

Here’s what to do if you see a homeless person
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Homelessness

Here’s what to do if you see a homeless person

These charities collect furniture for free to help those in need
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Charity

These charities collect furniture for free to help those in need

11 award winners share their campaign tips for achieving change
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11 award winners share their campaign tips for achieving change