Cost of living crisis

'Utterly dire situation': Childcare costs surge to 'eye-watering' £158 per week
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Childcare

'Utterly dire situation': Childcare costs surge to 'eye-watering' £158 per week

Coram Family and Childcare's new annual survey has revealed that families are facing extortionate childcare costs. The government has a plan to fix it with the expansion of free childcare, but there are too few nursery spaces to meet demand
'I just cry': Millions of elderly Brits in poverty as state pension falls short of basic living costs
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Poverty

'I just cry': Millions of elderly Brits in poverty as state pension falls short of basic living costs

'I'm in crippling debt': Brits are falling behind on bills in record numbers amid cost of living crisis
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Cost of living crisis

'I'm in crippling debt': Brits are falling behind on bills in record numbers amid cost of living crisis

I had no job, long-term mental health issues and £50,000 of debt. Now I'm living debt free
Debt

I had no job, long-term mental health issues and £50,000 of debt. Now I'm living debt free

There's no shame in being skint. Talking about money worries will free you
Finance

There's no shame in being skint. Talking about money worries will free you

Big Issue founder calls for a Ministry of Poverty Prevention ahead of the general election
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Ministry of Poverty Prevention

Big Issue founder calls for a Ministry of Poverty Prevention ahead of the general election

It's easier to win an Oscar if you went to private school. Here's the problem with the film industry
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Film

It's easier to win an Oscar if you went to private school. Here's the problem with the film industry

UK recession: What is a recession and what does it mean for me?
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Cost of living crisis

UK recession: What is a recession and what does it mean for me?

How baby banks are fighting child poverty and empowering mums in the cost of living crisis
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Mother's Day

How baby banks are fighting child poverty and empowering mums in the cost of living crisis

Jeremy Hunt’s last-minute household support fund reprieve is too little, too late
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Sabine Goodwin

Jeremy Hunt’s last-minute household support fund reprieve is too little, too late

'There was no way out': Survivors of domestic abuse forced to stay with abusers or face destitution
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Cost of living crisis

'There was no way out': Survivors of domestic abuse forced to stay with abusers or face destitution

Domestic abuse is escalating in the cost of living crisis. We need urgent change
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Abigial Ampofo

Domestic abuse is escalating in the cost of living crisis. We need urgent change

I'm 67 and working as a cabby. Rent and cost of living means I'll never be able to afford to retire
Pensioner Rob can't retire because he's renting
Renting

I'm 67 and working as a cabby. Rent and cost of living means I'll never be able to afford to retire

'Missed opportunity:' From taxes to airline fees, what does Hunt's Spring Budget mean for the planet?
Spring budget

'Missed opportunity:' From taxes to airline fees, what does Hunt's Spring Budget mean for the planet?

BBC Radio 1 star Dean McCullough shares his experience of homelessness: 'You don't have to be lonely'
Youth homelessness

BBC Radio 1 star Dean McCullough shares his experience of homelessness: 'You don't have to be lonely'

Big Issue founder John Bird celebrates vendors at House of Lords – and vows to help end destitution
National Vendor Week

Big Issue founder John Bird celebrates vendors at House of Lords – and vows to help end destitution

Rwanda asylum plan could cost taxpayer more than £500m. Here's how that could be much better spent
Rishi Sunak and James Cleverly have been trying to get the Rwanda scheme off the ground
A modest proposal

Rwanda asylum plan could cost taxpayer more than £500m. Here's how that could be much better spent

'Against the odds': How the Lubber Fiend made Newcastle's music scene exciting again
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Venue Watch

'Against the odds': How the Lubber Fiend made Newcastle's music scene exciting again

Number of people sleeping rough in England more than double than when Tories came to power
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Homelessness

Number of people sleeping rough in England more than double than when Tories came to power

Over 500 employers named for 'cheating workers' out of minimum wage – but it's worse than you think
Minimum wage

Over 500 employers named for 'cheating workers' out of minimum wage – but it's worse than you think

Food banks dread the inevitable consequences of abandoning the household support fund
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Sabine Goodwin

Food banks dread the inevitable consequences of abandoning the household support fund

Energy bills are still worryingly high. Here's how to get help if you can't afford to pay
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Cost of living crisis

Energy bills are still worryingly high. Here's how to get help if you can't afford to pay

UK energy bills to fall – but millions still live in dangerously cold and damp homes
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Energy bills

UK energy bills to fall – but millions still live in dangerously cold and damp homes

Keir Starmer will continue austerity. That means keeping vulnerable people in 'brutalising poverty'
Kasmira Kincaid

Keir Starmer will continue austerity. That means keeping vulnerable people in 'brutalising poverty'

Tories have promised free childcare for working families. But there's a major problem
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Childcare

Tories have promised free childcare for working families. But there's a major problem