Social Justice

Rachel Reeves cracks down on benefit fraud. How much could she really save – and at what cost?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Benefit fraud

Rachel Reeves cracks down on benefit fraud. How much could she really save – and at what cost?

Rachel Reeves wants to recoup £1.2 billion from a benefit fraud crackdown. It could make life ‘much more stressful’ for benefit claimants
What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?
Autumn budget

What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?

‘Landmark moment’: Rachel Reeves scraps two-child limit to lift 350,000 kids out of poverty
Autumn budget

‘Landmark moment’: Rachel Reeves scraps two-child limit to lift 350,000 kids out of poverty

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What could Elon Musk do with $1 trillion?
Elon Musk

What could Elon Musk do with $1 trillion?

‘It’s not like a normal pub’: How communities are rallying together to breathe new life into dying pubs
Pubs

‘It’s not like a normal pub’: How communities are rallying together to breathe new life into dying pubs

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

Cost of living crisis

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Scotland’s social security system treated me better as a disabled person. DWP must take notes
Caroline Cawley is a co-production partner at Turn2Us.
Caroline Cawley

Scotland’s social security system treated me better as a disabled person. DWP must take notes

Worried about your bills this winter? Help is out there
Cost of living

Worried about your bills this winter? Help is out there

Millions of Brits are struggling with council tax debt. The autumn budget must bring reforms
Anny Cullum and Toby Murray

Millions of Brits are struggling with council tax debt. The autumn budget must bring reforms

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather
Nicholas, in Liverpool, is wearing a grey beanie and coat with lots of layers under it
Homelessness

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather

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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What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?
Autumn budget

What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?

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?

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

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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’