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DWP payment dates in November 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month
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Benefits

DWP payment dates in November 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month

Here’s everything to know about the benefits and pensions to expect from the DWP in November 2025, including if you could be eligible for more support
How Fair for You’s Shopping Card Loan is helping people face down debt 
Debt

How Fair for You’s Shopping Card Loan is helping people face down debt 

People with mental health issues forced to share their PIN – leaving them open to ‘abuse and fraud’
Financial inclusion

People with mental health issues forced to share their PIN – leaving them open to ‘abuse and fraud’

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Everything you need to know about how to apply for universal credit
Universal credit

Everything you need to know about how to apply for universal credit

What do bankers think of a windfall tax on the banks? We went to the City of London to find out
Bank tax

What do bankers think of a windfall tax on the banks? We went to the City of London to find out

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

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Crisis-proofing your finances: How to prepare for the unexpected with an emergency fund
Emergency fund

Crisis-proofing your finances: How to prepare for the unexpected with an emergency fund

How can I make money? Quick and easy ways to make extra cash online and offline
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Cost of living crisis

How can I make money? Quick and easy ways to make extra cash online and offline

13 DIY tips to keep your energy bills low this winter
Energy bills

13 DIY tips to keep your energy bills low this winter

Cost of living crisis one year on: ‘You don’t need to figure it out alone’
cost of living crisis
cost of living crisis

Cost of living crisis one year on: ‘You don’t need to figure it out alone’

Debt

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How Fair for You’s Shopping Card Loan is helping people face down debt 
Debt

How Fair for You’s Shopping Card Loan is helping people face down debt 

Ofgem’s plan to write off £500m of energy debt is welcome – but it’s not enough to solve the crisis
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Vikki Brownridge

Ofgem’s plan to write off £500m of energy debt is welcome – but it’s not enough to solve the crisis

Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Brits to have energy bill debt written off
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Energy debt

Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Brits to have energy bill debt written off

Debt trap nation: How England is failing homeless mothers and children
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Katherine Brickell and Mel Nowicki

Debt trap nation: How England is failing homeless mothers and children

Financial health

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January is one of the hardest months for debt – but it’s never too late to seek help
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Vikki Brownridge

January is one of the hardest months for debt – but it’s never too late to seek help

‘I have nothing they can take’: Council tax debt collection having devastating impact on vulnerable people
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Sarah Muirhead

‘I have nothing they can take’: Council tax debt collection having devastating impact on vulnerable people

Too many people wouldn’t be able to cope with an unforeseen cost of £1,000 – that needs to change
Opinion

Too many people wouldn’t be able to cope with an unforeseen cost of £1,000 – that needs to change

‘We are in the eye of the storm’: What next for Brits facing the energy crisis?
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cost of living

‘We are in the eye of the storm’: What next for Brits facing the energy crisis?

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‘Not just for the super-rich’: How ethical investing can change the world
Ethical investing

‘Not just for the super-rich’: How ethical investing can change the world

COP28: Here’s how a just transition from fossil fuels can save us
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Kim Goodall

COP28: Here’s how a just transition from fossil fuels can save us

Richard Curtis backs The Big Exchange and urges people to make their money matter
The Big Exchange
Richard Curtis

Richard Curtis backs The Big Exchange and urges people to make their money matter

The Big Exchange: Invest in the things you care about
The Big Exchange

The Big Exchange: Invest in the things you care about