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Rishi Sunak's cost of living support won't be enough for struggling families, charities warn
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Cost of Living Crisis

Rishi Sunak's cost of living support won't be enough for struggling families, charities warn

Energy companies tried to scrap requirement to help customers struggling to pay bills
universal credit and benefits
Energy crisis

Energy companies tried to scrap requirement to help customers struggling to pay bills

What Rishi Sunak's new cost of living measures mean for you
Cost of living crisis

What Rishi Sunak's new cost of living measures mean for you

Police anti-racism plan can't work if stop and search powers are increased, campaigners say
police crime sentencing and courts bill
Racism

Police anti-racism plan can't work if stop and search powers are increased, campaigners say

A basic income 'could cut poverty to its lowest point in decades'
basic income
Basic income

A basic income 'could cut poverty to its lowest point in decades'

The chancellor has made the Sunday Times Rich List - during a major cost of living crisis
Image of Chancellor Rishi Sunak
Cost of living crisis

The chancellor has made the Sunday Times Rich List - during a major cost of living crisis

Why does inflation hit poorer people harder?
A jagged red arrow points diagonally upwards across the screen in front of a globe of the world.
Inflation

Why does inflation hit poorer people harder?

Donations are down and customers are up - food banks say they are at crisis point
Volunteers at the Earlsfield Foodbank sort Easter eggs for their guests
Food banks

Donations are down and customers are up - food banks say they are at crisis point

Inflation is at a 40-year high - and it's hitting the poorest people hardest
jack monroe cost of living
Cost of living crisis

Inflation is at a 40-year high - and it's hitting the poorest people hardest

Diary of a food bank manager: 'MPs' comments do not relate in any way to what we see'
A volunteer at Earlsfield food bank sorts fresh food for guests to cook
Diary of a food bank manager

Diary of a food bank manager: 'MPs' comments do not relate in any way to what we see'

Petition signed by 145,000 people forces MPs to debate including trans conversion therapy in ban
Trans conversion therapy
LGBTQ+ rights

Petition signed by 145,000 people forces MPs to debate including trans conversion therapy in ban

Eat your pets, and other innovative ways to get through the cost of living crisis
A doe-eyed puppy lies on a bed looking up at the camera
Cost of living crisis

Eat your pets, and other innovative ways to get through the cost of living crisis

Inside the homeless soup kitchen asking Nicola Sturgeon for a helping hand
Homeless Project Scotland
Cost of living crisis

Inside the homeless soup kitchen asking Nicola Sturgeon for a helping hand

Jake Daniels’ coming out is a ‘huge step forward’ but abuse remains an issue, say LGBTQ+ fans
Homophobia

Jake Daniels’ coming out is a ‘huge step forward’ but abuse remains an issue, say LGBTQ+ fans

Expanded stop and search powers will lead to ‘more criminalisation of Black people’, groups warn
stop and search
Stop and Search

Expanded stop and search powers will lead to ‘more criminalisation of Black people’, groups warn

Martin Lewis: 'I can't shut up because there really are lives at stake'
Martin Lewis
cost of living crisis

Martin Lewis: 'I can't shut up because there really are lives at stake'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
A charity is taking the Home Office to court over a 'dangerous' women's detention centre
Social Justice

A charity is taking the Home Office to court over a 'dangerous' women's detention centre

Disabled people are 'being hit harder by the cost of living crisis'
Cost of living crisis

Disabled people are 'being hit harder by the cost of living crisis'

A food charity has shut down claims from a Tory MP that people in poverty can't cook
cost of living
Food banks

A food charity has shut down claims from a Tory MP that people in poverty can't cook

Government told to act as Ukraine refugees at risk of human trafficking
Ukraine
Social Justice

Government told to act as Ukraine refugees at risk of human trafficking