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Universal credit cut could leave young workers with just £51 a month
Nearly 40 per cent of young people facing the universal credit cut are already in work.
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Universal credit cut could leave young workers with just £51 a month

'Homelessness is everywhere': Poverty and inequality in the Garden of England
Kent vendor Colin Davey can no longer sell the magazine in his hometown of Dover. Photo: Exposure Photo Agency
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'Homelessness is everywhere': Poverty and inequality in the Garden of England

Universal credit cut will leave ‘long-term scars’ on health of poorest people
A woman's hand holding a mug, about to take a pill. Universal credit cut
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Universal credit cut will leave ‘long-term scars’ on health of poorest people

Priti Patel’s migrant boat plans are ‘cruel and destined to fail’
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Priti Patel’s migrant boat plans are ‘cruel and destined to fail’

1 in 8 people won’t be able to afford food when universal credit is cut
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1 in 8 people won’t be able to afford food when universal credit is cut

Period poverty activist Amika George: 'People underestimate online activism'
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Period poverty activist Amika George: 'People underestimate online activism'

Universal credit cut 'will put 200,000 children at risk of homelessness'
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Universal credit cut 'will put 200,000 children at risk of homelessness'

Ending free prescriptions for over-60s 'would widen health inequalities'
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Ending free prescriptions for over-60s 'would widen health inequalities'

One million children in poverty denied free school meals
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One million children in poverty denied free school meals

Sunak plans pool, gym and tennis court at his mansion while cutting benefits
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Sunak plans pool, gym and tennis court at his mansion while cutting benefits

Universal credit cut will 'suck billions out of local economies' from October
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Universal credit cut will 'suck billions out of local economies' from October

Some of England's top earners get twice the free childcare of poorer families
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Some of England's top earners get twice the free childcare of poorer families

Sure Start centres kept 13,000 teens from hospital before cuts
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Sure Start centres kept 13,000 teens from hospital before cuts

Empty shell Britain: One family’s experience of furniture poverty
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Empty shell Britain: One family’s experience of furniture poverty

Welfare system 'broken' for disabled people, say food banks
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Welfare system 'broken' for disabled people, say food banks

Energy price rise to throw half-million into ‘devastating’ fuel poverty
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Energy price rise to throw half-million into ‘devastating’ fuel poverty

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Food banks see ‘immediate jump in demand' as school holidays start
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Food banks see ‘immediate jump in demand' as school holidays start

Mass insecure work leaves families ‘struggling to keep heads above water’
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Mass insecure work leaves families ‘struggling to keep heads above water’

Food banks: 'Fourth emergency service should be on isolation exemption list'
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Food banks: 'Fourth emergency service should be on isolation exemption list'

How will universal credit cut hit struggling families? The DWP doesn’t know
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How will universal credit cut hit struggling families? The DWP doesn’t know

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