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Benefits

Is universal credit enough to live on? Here's why experts say the April increase is 'too little, too late'
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Benefits

Is universal credit enough to live on? Here's why experts say the April increase is 'too little, too late'

'We have to keep fighting': Legacy benefits campaigners call for systemic change after court defeat
legacy benefits protesters
Legacy benefits

'We have to keep fighting': Legacy benefits campaigners call for systemic change after court defeat

Legacy benefits claimants lose High Court appeal over pandemic payments
legacy benefits
Legacy benefits

Legacy benefits claimants lose High Court appeal over pandemic payments

Gordon Brown: Universal Credit doesn't add up
Gordon Brown wears a red tie and suit and talks to a woman with one hand outstretched
Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown: Universal Credit doesn't add up

Benefits system is forcing people on to the streets, Gordon Brown warns
Gordon Brown
Social Justice

Benefits system is forcing people on to the streets, Gordon Brown warns

Legacy benefits court case: Why claimants are still fighting for the £20 universal credit uplift
legacy benefits
Legacy benefits

Legacy benefits court case: Why claimants are still fighting for the £20 universal credit uplift

How we lost sight of the Beveridge Principles
William Beveridge
Dr Lee Gregory

How we lost sight of the Beveridge Principles

Will benefits rise in line with inflation?
benefits/ universal credit
Cost of living crisis

Will benefits rise in line with inflation?

Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement will push more into poverty, says Big Issue founder John Bird
Lord John Bird
Autumn Statement

Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement will push more into poverty, says Big Issue founder John Bird

Hunt must raise benefits in line with inflation, urge campaigners
Cost of Living Crisis

Hunt must raise benefits in line with inflation, urge campaigners

Kwasi Kwarteng remains tight-lipped over how huge tax cuts will be funded
Kwasi Kwarteng
Economy

Kwasi Kwarteng remains tight-lipped over how huge tax cuts will be funded

'People will starve and freeze' if government U-turns on promise to increase benefits
image of person looking sad/ benefits/ universal credit/ inflation
Cost of living crisis

'People will starve and freeze' if government U-turns on promise to increase benefits

Forcing working universal credit claimants to do more hours 'does nothing to help childcare crisis'
Working parents

Forcing working universal credit claimants to do more hours 'does nothing to help childcare crisis'

New work and pensions secretary Chloe Smith has consistently voted to cut benefits
Chloe Smith/ Benefits
Cost of living crisis

New work and pensions secretary Chloe Smith has consistently voted to cut benefits

90% of rented homes in England unaffordable for people on housing benefit
housing benefit
RENTING

90% of rented homes in England unaffordable for people on housing benefit

Energy bills set to be higher than universal credit payments in January
Cost of living crisis

Energy bills set to be higher than universal credit payments in January

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'Using less energy isn't an option': Disabled people set to be hit hardest when bills soar again
Energy bills

'Using less energy isn't an option': Disabled people set to be hit hardest when bills soar again

DWP staff are having to claim benefits themselves
The green job centre plus sign hangs above a wet and dirty concrete architrave
In-work poverty

DWP staff are having to claim benefits themselves

Estate agents caught saying they don't rent homes to people on benefits
rent benefits discrimination protest Acorn Liverpool
Renting

Estate agents caught saying they don't rent homes to people on benefits

Cost of living payments: Anxiety and confusion as millions left waiting for support
Cost of living crisis

Cost of living payments: Anxiety and confusion as millions left waiting for support

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