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'My parents tried to pray for me': How prejudice is driving LGBTQ+ homelessness
LGBTQ+ homelessness
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'My parents tried to pray for me': How prejudice is driving LGBTQ+ homelessness

How much you would get in universal credit if you lost your job today
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How much you would get in universal credit if you lost your job today

Food banks are already running out of food and say it's going to get worse
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Food banks are already running out of food and say it's going to get worse

Millions facing 'daily battle' as government cuts universal credit
Rishi Sunak reviews paper at his desk in front of a union jack
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Millions facing 'daily battle' as government cuts universal credit

Universal credit cut: Senior NHS nurse says she goes to work worrying about bailiffs
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Universal credit cut: Senior NHS nurse says she goes to work worrying about bailiffs

Rishi Sunak says Brits should be ‘grateful’ for austerity as he all but confirms universal credit cut
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Rishi Sunak says Brits should be ‘grateful’ for austerity as he all but confirms universal credit cut

Families on universal credit going hungry even before £20-per-week cut
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Families on universal credit going hungry even before £20-per-week cut

Boris Johnson talked about ‘levelling up’ two years ago. Here's how that's going
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Boris Johnson talked about ‘levelling up’ two years ago. Here's how that's going

Revealed: The worst areas for fuel poverty in England as energy price cap hiked
‘It will push me over the edge’: the End Fuel Poverty Coalition warns a further 1.2 million people could be pushed into poverty by Friday's energy price cap hike. Photo: End Fuel Poverty Coalition
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Revealed: The worst areas for fuel poverty in England as energy price cap hiked

'We matter less than others': Disabled people protest after missing out on Covid support
Disabled activists march on Euston Road to protest against legacy benefits decision
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'We matter less than others': Disabled people protest after missing out on Covid support

Universal credit cut: What £20 can get you in a supermarket
Families will lose £80 per month in the universal credit cut.
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Universal credit cut: What £20 can get you in a supermarket

All the campaigners urging Boris Johnson not to cut universal credit
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All the campaigners urging Boris Johnson not to cut universal credit

Demand for energy bills advice soars by 9,000% amid gas crisis
cost of living crisis
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Demand for energy bills advice soars by 9,000% amid gas crisis

‘They call us snowflakes but we’re taking action’: Children speak out in landmark survey
Children's Commissioner
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‘They call us snowflakes but we’re taking action’: Children speak out in landmark survey

Which children's charities are fighting poverty in the UK?
Three boys stand against a chain link fence
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Which children's charities are fighting poverty in the UK?

Universal credit cut shows ‘the poorest are penalised every time’
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Universal credit cut shows ‘the poorest are penalised every time’

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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’

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