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Chancellor has just 'postponed the pain' for poorest with benefits extension
Politics

Chancellor has just 'postponed the pain' for poorest with benefits extension

ExcludedUK: Budget self-employment support is 'too little, too late'
Rishi Sunak's Budget did not impress ExcludedUK
Politics

ExcludedUK: Budget self-employment support is 'too little, too late'

Furlough: How other countries are supporting workers through the Covid crisis
How is furlough in other countries working out? Here's what we found. Image credit: HM Treasury/Flickr
Employment

Furlough: How other countries are supporting workers through the Covid crisis

Renters 'forgotten' in Budget as campaigners warn of homelessness spike
Rishi Sunak unveiled his Budget announcement with no support for renters
Housing

Renters 'forgotten' in Budget as campaigners warn of homelessness spike

What does the Budget mean for the environment?
What does the 2021 Budget announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak mean for the environment? Image credit: Linh Do / Flickr
Politics

What does the Budget mean for the environment?

Internet reacts to 'weird' Treasury team photo
Treasury team photo
Politics

Internet reacts to 'weird' Treasury team photo

Human rights lawyers warn council to ‘stop harassing’ rough sleepers
Rough sleepers have complained of harassment in Westminster
Housing

Human rights lawyers warn council to ‘stop harassing’ rough sleepers

Put free school breakfasts in the Budget, urges charity
Social Justice

Put free school breakfasts in the Budget, urges charity

Fact/Fiction: Are glasses wearers three times less likely to get Covid-19?
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News

Fact/Fiction: Are glasses wearers three times less likely to get Covid-19?

Spend big on social housing at Budget to ‘build back better’, urges Shelter
Social housing building site
Housing

Spend big on social housing at Budget to ‘build back better’, urges Shelter

3 million 'excluded' from pandemic support demand help in Spring Budget
Politics

3 million 'excluded' from pandemic support demand help in Spring Budget

Pay-to-use cash machines rocket in poor areas as campaigners call for action
News

Pay-to-use cash machines rocket in poor areas as campaigners call for action

Elite swimmer who became homeless given £30,000 by strangers
Laraine McHendrie-Décarie rough sleeping
Housing

Elite swimmer who became homeless given £30,000 by strangers

'I've got my spark back': How one Covid-hit business was saved by strangers
News

'I've got my spark back': How one Covid-hit business was saved by strangers

The Big Issue gives more than £1m to vendors in lockdown
Big Issue vendors
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The Big Issue gives more than £1m to vendors in lockdown

200,000 face homelessness in England every night, warns Crisis
Housing

200,000 face homelessness in England every night, warns Crisis

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Big Issue vendor Steve Dixon: 'At the minute on my pitch there’s nothing'
Steve Dixon says he is worried about the customers he’s missing over lockdown
News

Big Issue vendor Steve Dixon: 'At the minute on my pitch there’s nothing'

Live action role-playing: 'It’s a good distraction from life’s problems'
Live action role-playing can help you explore different worlds. Illustration: Matthew Brazier
News

Live action role-playing: 'It’s a good distraction from life’s problems'

Dame Kelly Holmes: ‘Believing in yourself is so powerful’
Dame Kelly Holmes spoke candidly in a Letter to My Younger Self
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Dame Kelly Holmes: ‘Believing in yourself is so powerful’

Fact/Fiction: Does vaping make you more likely to spread Covid?
Media reports suggest vaping can increase the spread of Covid, but are the claims puffed up?
News

Fact/Fiction: Does vaping make you more likely to spread Covid?

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