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Cost of living crisis

DWP shamed over 'cruel' two-child benefit cap as millions trapped in poverty: 'Scrap this sibling tax'
Benefits

DWP shamed over 'cruel' two-child benefit cap as millions trapped in poverty: 'Scrap this sibling tax'

'I feel judged for being smelly': Millions can't afford to wash their clothes as hygiene poverty soars
hygiene poverty/ laundrette
Hygiene poverty

'I feel judged for being smelly': Millions can't afford to wash their clothes as hygiene poverty soars

'DWP has learnt nothing': DWP sparks fury by seizing woman's £16k inheritance over Co-op job
A miniature figurine businessman looking down on an information booklet for department for work and pensions
Department for Work and Pensions

'DWP has learnt nothing': DWP sparks fury by seizing woman's £16k inheritance over Co-op job

'A national scandal': Shocking number of kids living in dangerously mouldy homes, social workers say
cold and damp
Cost of living crisis

'A national scandal': Shocking number of kids living in dangerously mouldy homes, social workers say

Parents can now get 15 hours free childcare for two-year-olds. Here's how
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Cost of living crisis

Parents can now get 15 hours free childcare for two-year-olds. Here's how

'Time for a new deal': UK's new minimum wage still not enough to cover 'a decent standard of life'
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Minimum wage

'Time for a new deal': UK's new minimum wage still not enough to cover 'a decent standard of life'

I'm a single mum living in poverty. Worrying about how it affects my children keeps me up at night
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Lauren

I'm a single mum living in poverty. Worrying about how it affects my children keeps me up at night

The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children's charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution
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Poverty

The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children's charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution

Inside the Big Issue: Once Upon a Time in the West Midlands
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Once Upon a Time in the West Midlands

Gig ticket prices are extortionate now – but there's still hope for live music
Festival prices 2024 illustration
Music

Gig ticket prices are extortionate now – but there's still hope for live music

The graph Rishi Sunak doesn't want you to see
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Inflation

The graph Rishi Sunak doesn't want you to see

Millions face paying more in energy bills than height of cost of living crisis. Here's why
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Cost of living crisis

Millions face paying more in energy bills than height of cost of living crisis. Here's why

Council tax is going up for millions in April. Here's what to do if you're struggling to pay
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Cost of living crisis

Council tax is going up for millions in April. Here's what to do if you're struggling to pay

Social care is on its knees. It's no wonder public dissatisfaction is at a record high
social care
Evan John

Social care is on its knees. It's no wonder public dissatisfaction is at a record high

Care worker faced homelessness as low pay left her with 'nothing' to fall back on
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Social care

Care worker faced homelessness as low pay left her with 'nothing' to fall back on

Unsecured debt such as credit cards and loans at highest level in a decade, charity warns
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Debt

Unsecured debt such as credit cards and loans at highest level in a decade, charity warns

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Big Issue Recipe Collection: Jamie Oliver's mackerel spaghetti is comforting and ready in minutes
The Big Issue Recipe Collection

Big Issue Recipe Collection: Jamie Oliver's mackerel spaghetti is comforting and ready in minutes

Big Issue Recipe Collection: Jamie Oliver's thrifty fruit crumble costs just 72p per portion
Big Issue Recipe Collection

Big Issue Recipe Collection: Jamie Oliver's thrifty fruit crumble costs just 72p per portion

Millions of kids are in poverty and Jeremy Hunt wants a 'carrot and stick' benefits system
jeremy hunt
benefits

Millions of kids are in poverty and Jeremy Hunt wants a 'carrot and stick' benefits system

'Out of touch': Chancellor Jeremy Hunt slammed after claiming £100,000 a year 'isn't a huge salary'
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt on inflation
Politics

'Out of touch': Chancellor Jeremy Hunt slammed after claiming £100,000 a year 'isn't a huge salary'

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