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Energy bosses warn cost of living crisis will get 'truly horrific' when bills rise again in October
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Energy crisis

Energy bosses warn cost of living crisis will get 'truly horrific' when bills rise again in October

Energy bosses admit more customers are struggling with debt amid spiralling costs
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Energy crisis

Energy bosses admit more customers are struggling with debt amid spiralling costs

Lighthouse Furniture is helping low-income families make their house a home
Lighthouse furniture
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Lighthouse Furniture is helping low-income families make their house a home

Digital exclusion is creating a ‘two-tier’ system for people claiming benefits
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Digital inclusion

Digital exclusion is creating a ‘two-tier’ system for people claiming benefits

The UK has long wanted an Australian refugee system. Here’s how that failed spectacularly.
Refugees

The UK has long wanted an Australian refugee system. Here’s how that failed spectacularly.

Elderly people are 'riding buses all day to stay warm', experts warn ministers
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cost of living crisis

Elderly people are 'riding buses all day to stay warm', experts warn ministers

Bankers’ pay outpacing inflation shows the cost of living crisis is ‘not equal’
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cost of living crisis

Bankers’ pay outpacing inflation shows the cost of living crisis is ‘not equal’

Ministers’ logic ‘difficult to comprehend’ as benefits hit 35-year low
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welfare system

Ministers’ logic ‘difficult to comprehend’ as benefits hit 35-year low

Food banks near ‘breaking point’ as poverty soars, PM told
food banks
poverty

Food banks near ‘breaking point’ as poverty soars, PM told

Diary of a food bank manager: 'Last week we registered a 91-year-old man'
Earlsfield Food bank volunteers sort donations
Diary of a food bank manager

Diary of a food bank manager: 'Last week we registered a 91-year-old man'

DWP tries to scrap promise to report impact of universal credit
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welfare system

DWP tries to scrap promise to report impact of universal credit

Right-wing think tank tells Sunak to ‘stop being allergic to welfare’
cost of living
cost of living crisis

Right-wing think tank tells Sunak to ‘stop being allergic to welfare’

Nearly 30% of people facing debt were in energy arrears before the cost of living crisis
cost of living
cost of living crisis

Nearly 30% of people facing debt were in energy arrears before the cost of living crisis

Martin Lewis creates 90-point 'survival kit' for people struggling with the cost of living crisis
cost of living crisis
cost of living crisis

Martin Lewis creates 90-point 'survival kit' for people struggling with the cost of living crisis

These 125 LGBTQ+ groups are boycotting a government event over its conversion therapy U-turn
LGBTQ+

These 125 LGBTQ+ groups are boycotting a government event over its conversion therapy U-turn

‘A national scandal’: High court rejects appeal to keep disability benefits in line with universal credit
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welfare system

‘A national scandal’: High court rejects appeal to keep disability benefits in line with universal credit

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Benefit claimants suspected of ‘wrong-doing and deceit’ when trying to access government support, says study
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welfare system

Benefit claimants suspected of ‘wrong-doing and deceit’ when trying to access government support, says study

Energy price cap rise marks start of 'living standards catastrophe' for UK's poorest people
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cost of living crisis

Energy price cap rise marks start of 'living standards catastrophe' for UK's poorest people

This week’s energy price rise is largest ‘since records began’
cost of living crisis
cost of living

This week’s energy price rise is largest ‘since records began’

You could be £1,100 a year worse off from Friday in cost of living surge
cost of living
cost of living crisis

You could be £1,100 a year worse off from Friday in cost of living surge

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