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What is PIP and how do I claim it? Everything you need to know about the DWP disability benefit
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Disability benefits

What is PIP and how do I claim it? Everything you need to know about the DWP disability benefit

Experts explain what personal independence payment (PIP) is, if you're eligible for the disability benefit, and how you can apply
The benefits, dangers and impacts of a cashless society
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Money

The benefits, dangers and impacts of a cashless society

DWP payment dates in March 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
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Benefits

DWP payment dates in March 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

Crisis-proofing your finances: How to prepare for the unexpected with an emergency fund
Emergency fund

Crisis-proofing your finances: How to prepare for the unexpected with an emergency fund

DWP benefit payment dates in February 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year
Benefits

DWP benefit payment dates in February 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Blue Monday: The truth behind the so-called 'most depressing day of the year'
Blue Monday Fact/Fiction
Mental health

Blue Monday: The truth behind the so-called 'most depressing day of the year'

ESA benefit: Everything you need to know
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benefits

ESA benefit: Everything you need to know

Child tax credit: Do you qualify?
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benefits

Child tax credit: Do you qualify?

Intentionally homeless: What it means for your housing rights
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housing

Intentionally homeless: What it means for your housing rights

Help with funeral costs: Know your options
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Funeral poverty

Help with funeral costs: Know your options

Widowed parent's allowance: What you should know
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cost of living

Widowed parent's allowance: What you should know

Volunteer at a homeless shelter this winter
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volunteering

Volunteer at a homeless shelter this winter

White goods grant: Where to get help replacing essentials
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poverty

White goods grant: Where to get help replacing essentials

Support for mortgage interest: Where to get help
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Housing

Support for mortgage interest: Where to get help

Universal credit advance payment: Bridging the five-week wait
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Benefits

Universal credit advance payment: Bridging the five-week wait

Fuel poverty in the UK: Why can’t people pay their energy bills?
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Cost of living crisis

Fuel poverty in the UK: Why can’t people pay their energy bills?

Here's when pensioners will get the winter fuel payment in 2024
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Benefits

Here's when pensioners will get the winter fuel payment in 2024

Warm home discount: Am I eligible and how can I apply?
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Cost of living crisis

Warm home discount: Am I eligible and how can I apply?

What benefits can I claim?
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Benefits

What benefits can I claim?

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

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

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
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Christmas

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Which charities are fighting homelessness in the UK?
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Homelessness

Which charities are fighting homelessness in the UK?

Here's what to do if you see a homeless person
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Homelessness

Here's what to do if you see a homeless person

Housing benefit: How to claim and what to expect
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Housing benefits

Housing benefit: How to claim and what to expect

How to volunteer at a food bank
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Food banks

How to volunteer at a food bank

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