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DWP payment dates in March 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
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Benefits

DWP payment dates in March 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

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

11 ways to spread kindness without spending money
Random Acts of Kindness
Random Acts of Kindness Day

11 ways to spread kindness without spending money

I fell for a rent scam and lost £1,000 – so I helped other renters fight the scammers
Harleen Nottay presenter of UNTOLD, SCAMMED: BRITAIN’S RENTAL RIP OFF
RENTING

I fell for a rent scam and lost £1,000 – so I helped other renters fight the scammers

DWP benefit payment dates in February 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year
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Benefits

DWP benefit payment dates in February 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year

How to get school uniforms on a budget in 2025
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School uniforms

How to get school uniforms on a budget in 2025

ESA benefit: Everything you need to know
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benefits

ESA benefit: Everything you need to know

Child tax credit: Do you qualify?
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benefits

Child tax credit: Do you qualify?

Help with funeral costs: Know your options
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Funeral poverty

Help with funeral costs: Know your options

White goods grant: Where to get help replacing essentials
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poverty

White goods grant: Where to get help replacing essentials

Support for mortgage interest: Where to get help
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Housing

Support for mortgage interest: Where to get help

Here's when pensioners will get the winter fuel payment in 2024
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Benefits

Here's when pensioners will get the winter fuel payment in 2024

Warm home discount: Am I eligible and how can I apply?
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Cost of living crisis

Warm home discount: Am I eligible and how can I apply?

Housing benefit: How to claim and what to expect
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Housing benefits

Housing benefit: How to claim and what to expect

Here's how to donate to a food bank near you this winter
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Food banks

Here's how to donate to a food bank near you this winter

What to do about mould and damp in a rented property
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Housing

What to do about mould and damp in a rented property

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
These charities collect furniture for free to help those in need
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Charity

These charities collect furniture for free to help those in need

Can you get a mortgage on benefits?
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housing

Can you get a mortgage on benefits?

What is a warm bank? The places you can go to get warm this winter
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Cost of living crisis

What is a warm bank? The places you can go to get warm this winter

Lodger rights: Everything you need to know
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renting

Lodger rights: Everything you need to know