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Council tax is going up for millions in April. Here's what to do if you're struggling to pay
council tax/ houses
Cost of living crisis

Council tax is going up for millions in April. Here's what to do if you're struggling to pay

Care worker faced homelessness as low pay left her with 'nothing' to fall back on
social care/ abbie bowler
Social care

Care worker faced homelessness as low pay left her with 'nothing' to fall back on

Unsecured debt such as credit cards and loans at highest level in a decade, charity warns
debt/ credit card
Debt

Unsecured debt such as credit cards and loans at highest level in a decade, charity warns

Kate Garraway's 'huge debts' from husband's care shows reality of a social care system in crisis
Social care

Kate Garraway's 'huge debts' from husband's care shows reality of a social care system in crisis

DWP could be 'fantastic' under Labour, says ex-minister Stephen Timms: 'Don't write the DWP off'
labour/ starmer and reeves
Politics

DWP could be 'fantastic' under Labour, says ex-minister Stephen Timms: 'Don't write the DWP off'

Millions of kids are in poverty and Jeremy Hunt wants a 'carrot and stick' benefits system
jeremy hunt
benefits

Millions of kids are in poverty and Jeremy Hunt wants a 'carrot and stick' benefits system

DWP benefits, rent rises and tax: All the tax year changes that will affect you from April 2024
DWP, benefits
Housing, benefits and work

DWP benefits, rent rises and tax: All the tax year changes that will affect you from April 2024

More than 700,000 children plunged into poverty since Tories came to power: 'We're going backwards'
Child poverty

More than 700,000 children plunged into poverty since Tories came to power: 'We're going backwards'

Food price rises may be slowing – but cost of living crisis 'far from over', food banks warn
Food bank volunteer/ T
Food poverty

Food price rises may be slowing – but cost of living crisis 'far from over', food banks warn

DWP benefits 'too low' to cover basic living costs, government warned: 'Completely unacceptable'
benefits/ money
Benefits

DWP benefits 'too low' to cover basic living costs, government warned: 'Completely unacceptable'

First look at Harry Kane statue hidden in storage for years: Waste of money or fitting tribute?
Harry Kane statue
Football

First look at Harry Kane statue hidden in storage for years: Waste of money or fitting tribute?

'We are heartbroken': Hull group loses hip-hop bus which fights poverty and changes lives
beats bus
Community

'We are heartbroken': Hull group loses hip-hop bus which fights poverty and changes lives

Millions of people at risk of 'toxic cycle' of long-term mental health and money problems
money and mental health
Cost of living crisis

Millions of people at risk of 'toxic cycle' of long-term mental health and money problems

'Shocking' racial violence outside Liverpool asylum hotel proves why politicians' words matter
Knowsley, asylum seeker hotel protest
Immigration

'Shocking' racial violence outside Liverpool asylum hotel proves why politicians' words matter

UK 'no longer a leader in disability rights' as UN finds Tory policy has led to 'hate'
united nations/ disability rights
Disability rights

UK 'no longer a leader in disability rights' as UN finds Tory policy has led to 'hate'

'Utterly dire situation': Childcare costs surge to 'eye-watering' £158 per week
childcare
Childcare

'Utterly dire situation': Childcare costs surge to 'eye-watering' £158 per week

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Tory government 'demonises' disabled people who face 'onerous' benefits system, UN warns
disability benefits/ disabled people
Disabled people

Tory government 'demonises' disabled people who face 'onerous' benefits system, UN warns

'I just cry': Millions of elderly Brits in poverty as state pension falls short of basic living costs
pensioner yvonne
Poverty

'I just cry': Millions of elderly Brits in poverty as state pension falls short of basic living costs

'I'm in crippling debt': Brits are falling behind on bills in record numbers amid cost of living crisis
pay debt
Cost of living crisis

'I'm in crippling debt': Brits are falling behind on bills in record numbers amid cost of living crisis

I had no job, long-term mental health issues and £50,000 of debt. Now I'm living debt free
debt/ david davensac
Debt

I had no job, long-term mental health issues and £50,000 of debt. Now I'm living debt free

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