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Cost of living crisis

Diary of a food bank manager: We’re now having to prepare parcels for people working full-time
Volunteers at Earlsfield Foodbank sort food in crates in the middle of a church
Diary of a food bank manager

Diary of a food bank manager: We’re now having to prepare parcels for people working full-time

This cost of living calculator shows how different cities in the UK are being hit by inflation
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Cost of living crisis

This cost of living calculator shows how different cities in the UK are being hit by inflation

What is the UK inflation rate? And how is it calculated?
inflation
Inflation

What is the UK inflation rate? And how is it calculated?

Why council tax rises will hit the poorest harder
council tax
Cost of Living crisis

Why council tax rises will hit the poorest harder

Here's who is most likely to get help from the 'bank of mum and dad'
Inequality

Here's who is most likely to get help from the 'bank of mum and dad'

No one should have to ask whether they can 'do without' medication. But that's where we are as a country.
Rachel Charlton-Dailey

No one should have to ask whether they can 'do without' medication. But that's where we are as a country.

What are my rights if I can't afford to pay my energy bills?
energy bills
Energy bills

What are my rights if I can't afford to pay my energy bills?

From online deals to job searches: How digital exclusion makes the cost of living even higher
Digital Inclusion

From online deals to job searches: How digital exclusion makes the cost of living even higher

Time to Talk: 'Don't let your debt and mental health struggles bury you'
debt and mental health
Time to talk day

Time to Talk: 'Don't let your debt and mental health struggles bury you'

Britain on strike: The biggest walkout in a decade in pictures
pay rise inflation
Employment

Britain on strike: The biggest walkout in a decade in pictures

February 1 strikes: Who is on strike this Wednesday and where are protests taking place?
Protesters hold up flags and placards at a protest in London on October 1, 2022.
Strike action

February 1 strikes: Who is on strike this Wednesday and where are protests taking place?

How to get the cold weather payment as UK temperatures drop below freezing
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Cost of living crisis

How to get the cold weather payment as UK temperatures drop below freezing

Pawnbrokers' phones are 'ringing off the walls' in the cost of living crisis
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Cost of living crisis

Pawnbrokers' phones are 'ringing off the walls' in the cost of living crisis

Cost of living update: Pensioners protest freezing homes and record energy bills
Activism

Cost of living update: Pensioners protest freezing homes and record energy bills

How to save money AND help save the planet
a sapling sprouts out of a glass full of coins
Cost of Living Crisis

How to save money AND help save the planet

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Cost of living crisis
Ray Barron-Woolford at his community hub phonebox
Changemakers 2023

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Cost of living crisis

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'Scandalous': Charity that delivers essential supplies to older people faces closure after funding blow
Social Justice

'Scandalous': Charity that delivers essential supplies to older people faces closure after funding blow

Student finance, discounts and budgeting tips for surviving university in a cost of living crisis
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Cost of living crisis

Student finance, discounts and budgeting tips for surviving university in a cost of living crisis

Tory MP slammed for claiming people can save money with Tesco weetabix and 10p worth of milk
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Cost of living crisis

Tory MP slammed for claiming people can save money with Tesco weetabix and 10p worth of milk

Millions are going without heating or hot water because they can't afford to top up their meter
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Cost of living crisis

Millions are going without heating or hot water because they can't afford to top up their meter