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Cost of living crisis

Do the TikTok plant pot candle heaters work? We asked a thermodynamics expert
plant pot candle heater
Energy bills

Do the TikTok plant pot candle heaters work? We asked a thermodynamics expert

Children are 'eating rubbers and stealing food' at school because they are hungry
Child in class/ Hungry in school
Cost of living crisis

Children are 'eating rubbers and stealing food' at school because they are hungry

Food banks warn Liz Truss they're at 'breaking point' in open letter delivered to Downing Street
representatives of food banks outside downing street
Food banks

Food banks warn Liz Truss they're at 'breaking point' in open letter delivered to Downing Street

Jeremy Hunt has massively scaled back Liz Truss's energy bills support
Jeremy Hunt/ Energy bills support
Energy bills

Jeremy Hunt has massively scaled back Liz Truss's energy bills support

The government promised to help with the cost of living. So how far is the household support fund going?
Liz Truss/ Household support fund
Cost of living crisis

The government promised to help with the cost of living. So how far is the household support fund going?

How one of the most deprived neighbourhoods in the UK is tackling the cost of living crisis
Barking and Dagenham
Cost of living crisis

How one of the most deprived neighbourhoods in the UK is tackling the cost of living crisis

Kwasi Kwarteng remains tight-lipped over how huge tax cuts will be funded
Kwasi Kwarteng
Economy

Kwasi Kwarteng remains tight-lipped over how huge tax cuts will be funded

'This is austerity 2.0': Outcry as government plots cuts to public spending
Cost of living crisis

'This is austerity 2.0': Outcry as government plots cuts to public spending

Home Office visa delays are 'pushing people into poverty'
a man's silhouette/ visa/ home office immigration policy is pushing people into poverty
Immigration

Home Office visa delays are 'pushing people into poverty'

'We are understaffed, undervalued and underpaid': Nurses vote on first national strike over pay
nurses strike
HEALTH

'We are understaffed, undervalued and underpaid': Nurses vote on first national strike over pay

'Enough is enough': Why workers and campaigners are protesting around the country
Cost of Living Crisis

'Enough is enough': Why workers and campaigners are protesting around the country

'People will starve and freeze' if government U-turns on promise to increase benefits
image of person looking sad/ benefits/ universal credit/ inflation
Cost of living crisis

'People will starve and freeze' if government U-turns on promise to increase benefits

All the protests and strikes taking place this weekend as anger grows over the economic crisis
Cost of living crisis protest, Enough is enough, UK protest
Protest

All the protests and strikes taking place this weekend as anger grows over the economic crisis

Government told to fix broken temporary accommodation system as homelessness crisis set to worsen
temporary accommodation London
Temporary accommodation

Government told to fix broken temporary accommodation system as homelessness crisis set to worsen

Liz Truss wrongly claims nobody will pay more than £2,500 for energy bills
Liz Truss, trickle down economics
Liz Truss

Liz Truss wrongly claims nobody will pay more than £2,500 for energy bills

Children as young as 14 are having to get jobs to provide for their families
Cost of living crisis

Children as young as 14 are having to get jobs to provide for their families

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Gordon Brown steps in to help save one of the UK’s largest food banks from closure
food bank
Activism

Gordon Brown steps in to help save one of the UK’s largest food banks from closure

Don't Pay UK says energy bills strike will not take place on October 1
Don't Pay UK/ Energy bills strike
Activism

Don't Pay UK says energy bills strike will not take place on October 1

Charities and social enterprises offered loans to beat energy bills
A hand points to buttons on a gas boiler
Social enterprises

Charities and social enterprises offered loans to beat energy bills

Kwasi Kwarteng's mini budget branded 'for the richest 1% while the poorest pay the price'
Kwasi Kwarteng/ Mini budget
Mini budget

Kwasi Kwarteng's mini budget branded 'for the richest 1% while the poorest pay the price'

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