Social Justice

Here's how projects driven by the eight Marmot principles are transforming Britain
Marmot thinking

Here's how projects driven by the eight Marmot principles are transforming Britain

Get rich and die trying: Typical Brit must save entire lifetime of earnings to become wealthy
Woman putting money in piggy bank/ how make money
Wealth

Get rich and die trying: Typical Brit must save entire lifetime of earnings to become wealthy

Disabled man may be forced to close his business after DWP slashed his Access to Work support
Access to work

Disabled man may be forced to close his business after DWP slashed his Access to Work support

The DWP is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of disabled people. Here's how to overhaul it
New work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden in the House of Commons
Benefits

The DWP is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of disabled people. Here's how to overhaul it

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

Kinship carers are sleeping on sofas and floors to keep children out of care, study finds
A person sleeping on a sofa wrapped in a duvet
Care system

Kinship carers are sleeping on sofas and floors to keep children out of care, study finds

Energy bill rise made me feel sick. I'd like Keir Starmer to try living in my bungalow when it's cold
pensioner yvonne
Energy bills

Energy bill rise made me feel sick. I'd like Keir Starmer to try living in my bungalow when it's cold

Labour faces another mass rebellion over reforms to the universal credit system, MPs fear
Keir Starmer
Benefits

Labour faces another mass rebellion over reforms to the universal credit system, MPs fear

What do I do if I can't afford to pay my energy bills?
energy bills
Cost of living

What do I do if I can't afford to pay my energy bills?

Labour could replace two-child limit with a tapered system. Is it enough to tackle child poverty?
Prime minister Keir Starmer speaking at the Labour conference.
Child poverty

Labour could replace two-child limit with a tapered system. Is it enough to tackle child poverty?

This community has more disability benefit claimants than anywhere else. Here's how they get help
A shadow of Keir Starmer superimposed over an aerial shot of Liverpool
Social Justice

This community has more disability benefit claimants than anywhere else. Here's how they get help

What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I'm eligible?
money/ pip backdated payments
Disability benefits

What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I'm eligible?

What could – and should – be in Labour's long-awaited child poverty strategy?
Keir Starmer alongside school children on the day he announced the expansion of free school meals.
Child poverty

What could – and should – be in Labour's long-awaited child poverty strategy?

What is universal credit? The DWP benefit explained
universal credit
Universal credit

What is universal credit? The DWP benefit explained

How to navigate DWP disability benefit applications and PIP assessments
DWP disability benefits
Disability benefits

How to navigate DWP disability benefit applications and PIP assessments

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

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Would scaling up the UK-France asylum deal really stop the small boats?
Habib from Afghanistan explained that people are only crossing the Channel in small boats because they're desperate
Immigration

Would scaling up the UK-France asylum deal really stop the small boats?

Number of full-time unpaid carers in Britain soars by 70%: 'Millions of us are carers or need care'
carer pushing someone in a wheelchair
Social care

Number of full-time unpaid carers in Britain soars by 70%: 'Millions of us are carers or need care'

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

Two-child benefit cap is 'punishing' working families, Labour warned ahead of child poverty strategy
Three children
Child poverty

Two-child benefit cap is 'punishing' working families, Labour warned ahead of child poverty strategy