Cost of living crisis

Hygiene poverty is the hidden cost-of-living trap. Why we must remove VAT on essentials to address it
a person spraying a creme on to their hands
Michael Gidney

Hygiene poverty is the hidden cost-of-living trap. Why we must remove VAT on essentials to address it

Axing shelf life regulations to limit waste and slashing VAT on essential hygiene products could give millions of people caught up in hygiene poverty ‘breathing space’, argues In Kind Direct’s Michael Gidney
Can Britain actually afford the real living wage?
Hands holding a piggy bank
Employment

Can Britain actually afford the real living wage?

Baby banks are the hidden emergency service Labour cannot afford to ignore
mother and baby at a baby bank
Hannah Pentith

Baby banks are the hidden emergency service Labour cannot afford to ignore

Inside the Big Issue: Food for Good: Open in emergency
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Food for Good: Open in emergency

What could be in chancellor John Healey's autumn budget and what could it mean for you?
Politics

What could be in chancellor John Healey's autumn budget and what could it mean for you?

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Mass dependence on emergency food parcels is a 'moral scar' on Britain. How do we end it?
Lisburn Foodbank in Northern Ireland. Image: Trussell/ Robert Stothard
Sabine Goodwin

Mass dependence on emergency food parcels is a 'moral scar' on Britain. How do we end it?

This is how Andy Burnham’s government could end the need for food banks 
andy burnham at the passage
Heather Buckingham

This is how Andy Burnham’s government could end the need for food banks 

Hedge funds want to take control of Thames Water. What could it mean for bills?
a person washing their hands with water
Thames Water

Hedge funds want to take control of Thames Water. What could it mean for bills?

People could face an 'impossible winter' with energy bills forecast to rise by 25% in January
an elderly person looking out
Energy bills

People could face an 'impossible winter' with energy bills forecast to rise by 25% in January

Inside the Big Issue: 35 years of a hand up
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: 35 years of a hand up

More children will get free school meals this school year. Here's what you need to know
child eating meal at school
Free school meals

More children will get free school meals this school year. Here's what you need to know

What are Andy Burnham's cost of living plans and what will they mean for you?
Andy Burnham as he arrived at 10 Downing Street.
Cost of living

What are Andy Burnham's cost of living plans and what will they mean for you?

British public don't back cuts to disability benefits – even Reform and Tory voters
The Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) in Norwich demonstrated outside the PIP offices in central Norwich in 2016
Disability benefits

British public don't back cuts to disability benefits – even Reform and Tory voters

London's walk-in homelessness services are closing. It's driving homeless people to hospital instead
A hospital waiting room
homelessness

London's walk-in homelessness services are closing. It's driving homeless people to hospital instead

Do food banks need to exist until we end hunger? We'd rather live in a Food Bank Free Britain
campaign imagery showing woman holding up a sign calling for a food bank free britain
Stef Lake, Ronald Ranta and Carl Walker

Do food banks need to exist until we end hunger? We'd rather live in a Food Bank Free Britain

Over a million workers 'trapped in poverty' as they lose nearly £500 a month in cancelled shifts
A barista at work. Insecure work can be expensive for employees
insecure work

Over a million workers 'trapped in poverty' as they lose nearly £500 a month in cancelled shifts

Energy bills to rise to highest level in three years leaving households facing 'brutal winter'
a person turning a thermostat on a radiator
Energy Bills

Energy bills to rise to highest level in three years leaving households facing 'brutal winter'

Reform wants to slash £50 billion from welfare spending. Here's what it could mean for benefits
Reform UK

Reform wants to slash £50 billion from welfare spending. Here's what it could mean for benefits

'Everyone wants a job and it's a nightmare': What it's like to be a NEET young person in Britain
wren hill
Youth unemployment

'Everyone wants a job and it's a nightmare': What it's like to be a NEET young person in Britain

More Brits are taking on credit card debt to deal with the cost of living. Here's how to get help
Woman using a credit card
Vikki Brownridge

More Brits are taking on credit card debt to deal with the cost of living. Here's how to get help

31 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the summer holiday
kids eat free/ easter holidays
Kids eat free

31 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the summer holiday

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Family holidays should be something everyone can afford, but too many of us go without
Joanne Barker-Marsh
Guest Columnist

Family holidays should be something everyone can afford, but too many of us go without

Should parents on benefits get £4,500 if their child starts an apprenticeship?
Prime minister Andy Burnham meets with apprentices and graduates at Alstom Transport
benefits

Should parents on benefits get £4,500 if their child starts an apprenticeship?

If food prices had risen like rents since 1988, a block of cheese would cost £20
A grocery shop
food

If food prices had risen like rents since 1988, a block of cheese would cost £20

Will Andy Burnham's £2 bus fares make a difference to the cost of living?
Andy Burnham visits First Bus's Bath Depot.
Cost of living

Will Andy Burnham's £2 bus fares make a difference to the cost of living?