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Boris Johnson boasts about his Freedom Pass after being told pensioner rides bus all day to keep warm
Cost of living crisis

Boris Johnson boasts about his Freedom Pass after being told pensioner rides bus all day to keep warm

How a stationery company is helping disadvantaged women rediscover their self-worth
Jenny Adjene (far left) with her core team outside their shop in Tavistock, Devon. Courtesy of Hip Hip Hooray
Social Justice

How a stationery company is helping disadvantaged women rediscover their self-worth

A broadband provider is calling for an end to exit fees and price hikes
Digital inclusion

A broadband provider is calling for an end to exit fees and price hikes

Universal credit switch will leave up to 900,000 benefit claimants worse off
A young person, seen from above, sits on the floor looking through a stack of bills in front of a laptop
Social Justice

Universal credit switch will leave up to 900,000 benefit claimants worse off

'A national emergency': The number of children needing food bank parcels is rising
Food bank supplies on trollies.
Cost of living crisis

'A national emergency': The number of children needing food bank parcels is rising

What could the government do to fix the cost of living crisis?
cost of living, supermarket
Cost of living crisis

What could the government do to fix the cost of living crisis?

Priti Patel's 'refugee pushback' policy has been scrapped days before a High Court review
nationality and borders bill
Home Office

Priti Patel's 'refugee pushback' policy has been scrapped days before a High Court review

Disability pay gap sees disabled workers earn £1.93 per hour less than non-disabled employees
Wheelchair user
Disability pay gap

Disability pay gap sees disabled workers earn £1.93 per hour less than non-disabled employees

Life expectancy is falling in England's most deprived areas
Men in England's poorest areas can expect to live to 73, 10 years fewer than in richer areas.
Inequality

Life expectancy is falling in England's most deprived areas

Cost of living crisis driving a surge in demand for money advice
Flame of a gas hob against black background
Cost of living crisis

Cost of living crisis driving a surge in demand for money advice

9 in 10 people say their cost of living had already increased before bills went up in April
Cost of living crisis

9 in 10 people say their cost of living had already increased before bills went up in April

Diary of a food bank manager: ‘Easter just meant memories of things which are unaffordable now’
Volunteers at the Earlsfield Foodbank sort Easter eggs for their guests
Diary of a food bank manager

Diary of a food bank manager: ‘Easter just meant memories of things which are unaffordable now’

Energy bosses warn cost of living crisis will get 'truly horrific' when bills rise again in October
Gas hob
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
Thermostat on a radiator
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
poverty

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

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

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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
inflation
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’
cost of living
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
benefits
welfare system

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

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