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Over 85,000 children in Britain living in extreme poverty: 'There's a sense of hopelessness'
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Child poverty

Over 85,000 children in Britain living in extreme poverty: 'There's a sense of hopelessness'

'I'll lose my ability to be part of society': Disabled people fear life after Labour's benefit cuts
Disability benefits

'I'll lose my ability to be part of society': Disabled people fear life after Labour's benefit cuts

A windfall tax on bank profits could raise billions. Here's how that cash could help fix Britain
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Bank profits

A windfall tax on bank profits could raise billions. Here's how that cash could help fix Britain

'Being alive is utterly exhausting': How Covid forced people out of work and onto benefits
long-covid patient pictures
Five years since the pandemic

'Being alive is utterly exhausting': How Covid forced people out of work and onto benefits

DWP told to stop forcibly taking cash from benefit claimants to pay for its own mistakes
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Department for Work and Pensions

DWP told to stop forcibly taking cash from benefit claimants to pay for its own mistakes

Poorest Brits now worse off than poorest people in Slovenia, report finds – here's why
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Cost of living

Poorest Brits now worse off than poorest people in Slovenia, report finds – here's why

Cuts to benefits would be a 'grave mistake', Keir Starmer warned by his own MPs
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Benefits

Cuts to benefits would be a 'grave mistake', Keir Starmer warned by his own MPs

Why are so many people off work sick? Labour told not to forget the pandemic ahead of benefit cuts
Healthcare workers march through London during the pandemic. Image: Unsplash
Five years since the pandemic

Why are so many people off work sick? Labour told not to forget the pandemic ahead of benefit cuts

One in four teachers spending own money to feed hungry pupils as parents struggle with costs
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Child poverty

One in four teachers spending own money to feed hungry pupils as parents struggle with costs

Disability benefit cuts could plunge 700,000 households into poverty, Labour warned
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves
Disability benefits

Disability benefit cuts could plunge 700,000 households into poverty, Labour warned

Conflating sex work and sex trafficking is harmful and needs to stop, Labour told
anti violence against women graffiti says 'women deserve better'
Sex work

Conflating sex work and sex trafficking is harmful and needs to stop, Labour told

Millions of universal credit and disability benefit claimants turn to food banks: 'I'm terrified of cuts'
food banks
Food banks

Millions of universal credit and disability benefit claimants turn to food banks: 'I'm terrified of cuts'

Slashing billions from welfare will not help people into work or save money, Rachel Reeves warned
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Department for Work and Pensions

Slashing billions from welfare will not help people into work or save money, Rachel Reeves warned

After turning down a Bitcoin booty, one city council's cuts tell the story of broke Britain
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Public services

After turning down a Bitcoin booty, one city council's cuts tell the story of broke Britain

Vast majority of Brits feel powerless over local decisions – and it's eroding trust in politics
A man in an orange jacket stands with his arm out while three people look in the background
Communities

Vast majority of Brits feel powerless over local decisions – and it's eroding trust in politics

UN calls on Labour to increase benefits and scrap two-child limit in UK poverty crisis warning
Prime minister Keir Starmer
Human rights

UN calls on Labour to increase benefits and scrap two-child limit in UK poverty crisis warning

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Learning disability services have faced 'drastic reduction in funding' despite saving NHS money
Kerry Martin speaking at the report launch event in the Houses of Parliament on 6th Feb. Credit: Maya Roberts
Learning disabilities

Learning disability services have faced 'drastic reduction in funding' despite saving NHS money

Pensioners 'reduced to tears' by 'complex' forms when applying for help from DWP
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Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners 'reduced to tears' by 'complex' forms when applying for help from DWP

DWP payment dates in March 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
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Benefits

DWP payment dates in March 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

Scrap two-child benefit cap to prove you're serious about child poverty, Labour told
Child poverty

Scrap two-child benefit cap to prove you're serious about child poverty, Labour told

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