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Diary of a food bank manager: 'Now more regularly we hear about whole days without food'
Food bank volunteers
Food banks

Diary of a food bank manager: 'Now more regularly we hear about whole days without food'

Gordon Brown calls for 'urgent action' to boost universal credit as petition reaches 140,000
Gordon Brown wears a red tie and suit and talks to a woman with one hand outstretched
Cost of Living Crisis

Gordon Brown calls for 'urgent action' to boost universal credit as petition reaches 140,000

Youth charity to give young people cash to help with the cost of living crisis
cost of living
Cost of living crisis

Youth charity to give young people cash to help with the cost of living crisis

Having your energy bills paid is now a prize on a TV competition
ITV This Morning/ Energy Bills
Cost of living crisis

Having your energy bills paid is now a prize on a TV competition

What should Liz Truss do in her first 100 days to address the cost of living crisis?
cost of living crisis
Cost of living crisis

What should Liz Truss do in her first 100 days to address the cost of living crisis?

What should Liz Truss do in her first 100 days to make levelling up happen?
levelling up, Liz Truss
Levelling up

What should Liz Truss do in her first 100 days to make levelling up happen?

'People will starve': Food bank volunteers and guests fear 'breaking point' as the cost of living crisis spirals
Food bank/ Earlsfield
Cost of living crisis

'People will starve': Food bank volunteers and guests fear 'breaking point' as the cost of living crisis spirals

Martin Lewis energy price cap calculator lets you see how much you'll be paying in bills this winter
Energy bills

Martin Lewis energy price cap calculator lets you see how much you'll be paying in bills this winter

'Devastating', 'horrifying', 'unthinkable': Think tanks urge action to protect households from energy price rises
A hand points to buttons on a gas boiler
Energy bills

'Devastating', 'horrifying', 'unthinkable': Think tanks urge action to protect households from energy price rises

Iceland loan scheme to support shoppers receives 50,000 applications in first week
Iceland loans
Cost of living crisis

Iceland loan scheme to support shoppers receives 50,000 applications in first week

British Gas pledge to help customers is a mere ‘drop in the ocean’ say fuel poverty campaigners
Energy bills

British Gas pledge to help customers is a mere ‘drop in the ocean’ say fuel poverty campaigners

BetterPod: Will Poulter and Aneita Lewis on the cost-of-living crisis
Will Poulter and Aneita Lewis on BetterPod
Financial insecurity

BetterPod: Will Poulter and Aneita Lewis on the cost-of-living crisis

NUS warns 'no amount of budgeting' will stop university students falling into poverty
Higher education

NUS warns 'no amount of budgeting' will stop university students falling into poverty

Labour MP demands government supports small businesses with skyrocketing energy bills
Blake
Social Justice

Labour MP demands government supports small businesses with skyrocketing energy bills

Revealed: The areas set to be hit hardest by soaring energy bills
Energy bills

Revealed: The areas set to be hit hardest by soaring energy bills

Diary of a food bank manager: 'This year, there has been no lull. Just a steady increase'
Diary of a food bank manager

Diary of a food bank manager: 'This year, there has been no lull. Just a steady increase'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Vulnerable smart meter customers could be forced onto prepayment as energy bills soar
Image of a smart meter
Energy bills

Vulnerable smart meter customers could be forced onto prepayment as energy bills soar

Working class students ‘lose out' when universities focus on A-levels over vocational courses
A-levels
Social Justice

Working class students ‘lose out' when universities focus on A-levels over vocational courses

An artisan soap maker is giving homeless people jobs and support to turn their lives around
Social Justice

An artisan soap maker is giving homeless people jobs and support to turn their lives around

Inflation predicted to hit 18% for poorest this autumn
Cost of living crisis

Inflation predicted to hit 18% for poorest this autumn

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