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Ireland's basic income scheme for artists is being made permanent. Would it work in the UK?
Photo shows musician Rodney Owl singing and playing guitar on stage
Basic income

Ireland's basic income scheme for artists is being made permanent. Would it work in the UK?

Everything you need to know about Labour's child poverty strategy
Save the Children projected stark child poverty statistics onto the Houses of Parliament
Child poverty

Everything you need to know about Labour's child poverty strategy

Everything you need to know about how to apply for universal credit
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Universal credit

Everything you need to know about how to apply for universal credit

'It's never been more urgent': Inside the garden project empowering communities to grow their own food
George Cornelius gives a tour of Loddington's school garden and wetland project
Food

'It's never been more urgent': Inside the garden project empowering communities to grow their own food

More than £4bn in benefits will go unclaimed in London this year: 'Too many people miss out'
Benefits

More than £4bn in benefits will go unclaimed in London this year: 'Too many people miss out'

Here's when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025
dwp benefits christmas/ bauble
Christmas

Here's when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025

What is PIP and how do I claim it? Everything you need to know about the DWP disability benefit
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Disability benefits

What is PIP and how do I claim it? Everything you need to know about the DWP disability benefit

Reform UK's plan to ban benefits for migrants is 'an attack on the backbone of this country'
Reform UK

Reform UK's plan to ban benefits for migrants is 'an attack on the backbone of this country'

Revealed: Over a third of parents who care for sick or disabled children have considered suicide
Screenshot of the film More Than A Parent depicts an unpaid parent carer sitting on the floor of her kitchen
Social care

Revealed: Over a third of parents who care for sick or disabled children have considered suicide

I have arthritis, incontinence and other chronic health conditions. The DWP didn't think I needed PIP
Composite image of PIP recipient Ron Farrington and secretary of state for work and pensions Liz Kendall
Disability benefits

I have arthritis, incontinence and other chronic health conditions. The DWP didn't think I needed PIP

Millions of pupils missing school due to hygiene poverty: 'We have reinvented a Victorian problem'
Image of parent washing child's hands in a sink
Hygiene poverty

Millions of pupils missing school due to hygiene poverty: 'We have reinvented a Victorian problem'

I've had to appeal every single one of my PIP claims – the system is in dire need of improvement
Images of Lydia Thomas, a 32-year-old from Kent who receives PIP
Benefits

I've had to appeal every single one of my PIP claims – the system is in dire need of improvement