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‘Everyone wants a job and it’s a nightmare’: What it’s like to be a NEET young person in Britain

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More children will get free school meals from September 2026. Here’s what you need to know
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Free school meals

More children will get free school meals from September 2026. Here’s what you need to know

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Youth unemployment

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child eating meal at school
Free school meals

More children will get free school meals from September 2026. Here’s what you need to know

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More children will get free school meals from September 2026. Here’s what you need to know
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Free school meals

More children will get free school meals from September 2026. Here’s what you need to know

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Fuel Poverty

Experts issue energy bill ‘red warning’ as price cap rise risks pushing millions into fuel poverty

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Free school meals

More children will get free school meals from September 2026. Here’s what you need to know

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stephen timms
Benefits

What’s going on with the Timms Review of PIP? Here’s how to have your say

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Child poverty

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‘I’m a single mum. Summer school holidays mean a bigger food bill’
Food bajnk user Kylie at Weaver's Adventure playground
Food

‘I’m a single mum. Summer school holidays mean a bigger food bill’

Politicians decide how much universal credit is worth, not the cost of living. We can change it
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Baroness Ruth Lister

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