Social Justice
‘We try and make it magical’: How this Big Issue-backed grotto is spreading Christmas cheer
‘We try and make it magical’: How this Big Issue-backed grotto is spreading Christmas cheer
With an 81-year-old Santa, hundreds of hand-wrapped presents and a few inappropriate jokes, a group in Derbyshire is bringing Christmas to the children
Inside the government-backed community hub teaching people digital skills: ‘It is for my future’
Inside the government-backed community hub teaching people digital skills: ‘It is for my future’
‘Long overdue’: New Child Protection Authority announced – but will it stop grooming gangs?
‘Long overdue’: New Child Protection Authority announced – but will it stop grooming gangs?
Top Stories
UK asylum system delays and inefficiencies found to be ‘wasting public funds’ and ‘harming lives’
UK asylum system delays and inefficiencies found to be ‘wasting public funds’ and ‘harming lives’
Labour reveals national youth strategy with vow to give every young person ‘something meaningful to do’
Labour reveals national youth strategy with vow to give every young person ‘something meaningful to do’
Cost of living crisis
From family time to robot dogs: Children share hilarious and heartbreaking Christmas wishes
From family time to robot dogs: Children share hilarious and heartbreaking Christmas wishes
Labour’s £9.1bn inheritance tax raid is a missed opportunity to break the cycle of deprivation
Labour’s £9.1bn inheritance tax raid is a missed opportunity to break the cycle of deprivation
Inside the government-backed community hub teaching people digital skills: ‘It is for my future’
Inside the government-backed community hub teaching people digital skills: ‘It is for my future’
Benefits stigma is booming. Here are the key myths around the system – debunked
Benefits stigma is booming. Here are the key myths around the system – debunked
Advice & support
Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025
Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025
Facts and figures
What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?
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?
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
Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025
Food banks
We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped
We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped
What a soup kitchen in London’s financial district thinks about a windfall tax on the banks
What a soup kitchen in London’s financial district thinks about a windfall tax on the banks
Universal credit flaws are driving people to food banks. It’s time it covered the essentials
Universal credit flaws are driving people to food banks. It’s time it covered the essentials
In case you missed it
Labour has promised to stop poor people dying so early. A Scottish rapper could help them find the way
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’
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
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’
