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What a soup kitchen in London’s financial district thinks about a windfall tax on the banks
Banking tax

What a soup kitchen in London’s financial district thinks about a windfall tax on the banks

Just a few minutes’ walk from the UK’s financial centre, Our Forgotten Neighbours soup kitchen serves the Tower Hamlets community
Universal credit sanctions more ‘severe’ and ‘damaging’ than criminal fines, report finds
Jobcentre Plus
Universal credit

Universal credit sanctions more ‘severe’ and ‘damaging’ than criminal fines, report finds

What is child benefit and can I claim it?
Welfare system

What is child benefit and can I claim it?

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Overwhelming majority of Brits say the country feels divided
Culture wars

Overwhelming majority of Brits say the country feels divided

These raw, heartfelt voice notes are straight from Gaza’s frontline: ‘Even the silence is frightening’
Gaza

These raw, heartfelt voice notes are straight from Gaza’s frontline: ‘Even the silence is frightening’

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Cost of living crisis

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What we have learned after 15 years of universal credit – and what must change
jobcentre plus/ dwp
Lucy Bannister

What we have learned after 15 years of universal credit – and what must change

BBC Radio 1’s Matt Edmonson: ‘I’m no Martin Lewis, but I’ve always been quite frugal’
Money

BBC Radio 1’s Matt Edmonson: ‘I’m no Martin Lewis, but I’ve always been quite frugal’

Universal credit flaws are driving people to food banks. It’s time it covered the essentials
A Trussell food bank worker sorting food parcels
Ayaz Manji

Universal credit flaws are driving people to food banks. It’s time it covered the essentials

Millions of Brits can’t afford to buy enough food. How do we feed a hungry nation?
Food

Millions of Brits can’t afford to buy enough food. How do we feed a hungry nation?

Advice & support

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What is child benefit and can I claim it?
Welfare system

What is child benefit and can I claim it?

Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025
dwp benefits christmas/ bauble
Christmas

Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025

What do I do if I can’t afford to pay my energy bills?
energy bills
Cost of living

What do I do if I can’t afford to pay my energy bills?

What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I’m eligible?
money/ pip backdated payments
Disability benefits

What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I’m eligible?

Facts and figures

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Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?
Cost of living crisis

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?

Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025
dwp benefits christmas/ bauble
Christmas

Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025

What do I do if I can’t afford to pay my energy bills?
energy bills
Cost of living

What do I do if I can’t afford to pay my energy bills?

What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I’m eligible?
money/ pip backdated payments
Disability benefits

What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I’m eligible?

Food banks

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We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped
Food

We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped

Universal credit flaws are driving people to food banks. It’s time it covered the essentials
A Trussell food bank worker sorting food parcels
Ayaz Manji

Universal credit flaws are driving people to food banks. It’s time it covered the essentials

What a soup kitchen in London’s financial district thinks about a windfall tax on the banks
Banking tax

What a soup kitchen in London’s financial district thinks about a windfall tax on the banks

Oxford university lecturers are turning to food banks. The scandal is that it’s no longer shocking
Bianca Robinson

Oxford university lecturers are turning to food banks. The scandal is that it’s no longer shocking

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Darren McGarvey
Health inequalities

Labour has promised to stop poor people dying so early. A Scottish rapper could help them find the way

Thousands of children find hope in tent schools in Gaza: ‘We try to make the students smile’
Students at Gaza Great Minds
Gaza

Thousands of children find hope in tent schools in Gaza: ‘We try to make the students smile’

Inside the food banks seeing ‘highest demand ever seen’ as cost of living harms families
Food preparation and the cafe at Granville Community Kitchen in North West London. Image: Mary Turner/ IFAN
Food banks

Inside the food banks seeing ‘highest demand ever seen’ as cost of living harms families

These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families ‘before it’s too late’
Marie Maubouche
Adoption

These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families ‘before it’s too late’

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