financial and digital inclusion
How can we solve the UK's debt problem?
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How can we solve the UK's debt problem?
It's essential that our policymakers make households that cannot pay for basic living costs a priority
Homeless people face being locked out of public toilets due to card-only payments
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Homeless people face being locked out of public toilets due to card-only payments
Premier League clubs step up gambling sponsorship on front of shirts ahead of ban: 'It's shameful'
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Premier League clubs step up gambling sponsorship on front of shirts ahead of ban: 'It's shameful'
I was in a violent relationship. I wouldn't have got free without financial help
I was in a violent relationship. I wouldn't have got free without financial help
Voter ID rules are racist – let’s get rid of them once and for all
Voter ID rules are racist – let’s get rid of them once and for all
Nearly half of UK adults are in financial difficulty
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Nearly half of UK adults are in financial difficulty
This is the 'most disproportionate parliament in history'. Has the time come for electoral reform?
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This is the 'most disproportionate parliament in history'. Has the time come for electoral reform?
DWP's 'automation' of universal credit discriminates against single mums, researchers say
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DWP's 'automation' of universal credit discriminates against single mums, researchers say
Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation is an eerie prediction of our surveillance age
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Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation is an eerie prediction of our surveillance age
Opinion polls are an important cog in our democracy – but the only poll that counts is election day
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Opinion polls are an important cog in our democracy – but the only poll that counts is election day
Zoë Wanamaker on Donald Trump, 'right-wing a**holes' and why we all should be kinder to one another
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Zoë Wanamaker on Donald Trump, 'right-wing a**holes' and why we all should be kinder to one another
Tory election betting scandal is grim – but vulnerable people are gambling's real victims
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Tory election betting scandal is grim – but vulnerable people are gambling's real victims
One of the biggest problems this election? Faith in politics and media is at rock bottom
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One of the biggest problems this election? Faith in politics and media is at rock bottom
Thousands back our call for next government to take immediate action on poverty
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Thousands back our call for next government to take immediate action on poverty
Benefits, bills and safe routes for refugees: All the issues the major parties aren't talking about
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Benefits, bills and safe routes for refugees: All the issues the major parties aren't talking about
June 2024 payment dates for DWP benefits – plus universal credit increase
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June 2024 payment dates for DWP benefits – plus universal credit increase
Companies put shareholders ahead of people and planet. The next government must change that
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Companies put shareholders ahead of people and planet. The next government must change that
Number of pensioners in poverty will double by 2040 unless next government acts
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Number of pensioners in poverty will double by 2040 unless next government acts
We must 'tackle poverty to save the NHS and improve the nation's health', next government told
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We must 'tackle poverty to save the NHS and improve the nation's health', next government told
DWP universal credit increase 2024 – everything benefit claimants need to know
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DWP universal credit increase 2024 – everything benefit claimants need to know
DWP plans to spy on benefit claimants' bank accounts must 'never be resurrected'
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DWP plans to spy on benefit claimants' bank accounts must 'never be resurrected'
Child benefit: Parents left 'hungry' as HMRC glitch means half a million haven't received payments
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Child benefit: Parents left 'hungry' as HMRC glitch means half a million haven't received payments
Letters: Sunak is one of Britain's richest men – how can he relate to people on benefits?
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Letters: Sunak is one of Britain's richest men – how can he relate to people on benefits?
This election, we must demand social security be rocket-fuelled so it becomes social opportunity
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This election, we must demand social security be rocket-fuelled so it becomes social opportunity
Universal credit claimants lose more than £1bn a year to 'automatic DWP deductions'
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