Cost of living crisis

Millions of Brits are going without food and heating to improve their credit score
person using credit card
Credit

Millions of Brits are going without food and heating to improve their credit score

Pensioners are skipping showers and cutting back on food as millions face poverty
Joanna Elson

Pensioners are skipping showers and cutting back on food as millions face poverty

HMRC mistakenly strips 17,000 parents of their child benefit: 'The impact of these errors is brutal'
A stock image of a mother with two babies. Image: Unsplash
Benefits

HMRC mistakenly strips 17,000 parents of their child benefit: 'The impact of these errors is brutal'

How the groundbreaking Crisis and Resilience Fund can help end the need for food banks
A person buying products at a social supermarket at the Spring Community Hub.
Sabine Goodwin

How the groundbreaking Crisis and Resilience Fund can help end the need for food banks

Millions of Brits have no savings to fall back on in a crisis. Will a new £1bn government scheme help?
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Cost of living

Millions of Brits have no savings to fall back on in a crisis. Will a new £1bn government scheme help?

It's a critical moment for millions of Brits living in fuel poverty in desperately cold homes this winter
A house in the snow
Simon Francis

It's a critical moment for millions of Brits living in fuel poverty in desperately cold homes this winter

How to survive the cold weather when you're struggling to pay your bills
person walking in the snow
Cost of living

How to survive the cold weather when you're struggling to pay your bills

The dehumanising narratives around benefits need to stop in 2026 – for all our sakes
keir starmer at a changing realities meeting
Ruth Patrick

The dehumanising narratives around benefits need to stop in 2026 – for all our sakes

Energy bills are rising in January. What do I do if I can't afford to pay?
energy bills
Cost of living

Energy bills are rising in January. What do I do if I can't afford to pay?

Energy bills to remain 'stubbornly high' in January: 'Winter cruelly exposes the cost of a cold home'
home with glowing window
Energy bills

Energy bills to remain 'stubbornly high' in January: 'Winter cruelly exposes the cost of a cold home'

Gordon Brown: 'This can't go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable'
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Gordon Brown: 'This can't go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable'

Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year
Christmas dinner
Christmas

Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year

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

27 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the Christmas holiday

How much will you spend on Christmas?
Your views

How much will you spend on Christmas?

From family time to robot dogs: Children share hilarious and heartbreaking Christmas wishes
Little boy puts a decoration on a Christmas tree
Christmas

From family time to robot dogs: Children share hilarious and heartbreaking Christmas wishes

Labour's £9.1bn inheritance tax raid is a missed opportunity to break the cycle of deprivation
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Gavin Oldham

Labour's £9.1bn inheritance tax raid is a missed opportunity to break the cycle of deprivation

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Inside the government-backed community hub teaching people digital skills: 'It is for my future'
Minister Liz Lloyd in a workshop at the Bromley by Bow Centre.
Digital inclusion

Inside the government-backed community hub teaching people digital skills: 'It is for my future'

Benefits stigma is booming. Here are the key myths around the system – debunked
Benefits street headlines in tabloids
Benefits

Benefits stigma is booming. Here are the key myths around the system – debunked

Every child deserves the chance to dream, learn and play – without poverty holding them back
A group of children sitting on a bench together.
Lynn Perry

Every child deserves the chance to dream, learn and play – without poverty holding them back

Was the child poverty strategy worth the wait?
Keir Starmer speaking to families at a community centre.
Child poverty

Was the child poverty strategy worth the wait?

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