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Poverty
Keir Starmer, it's time to face facts and end the two-child limit on benefits
Keir Starmer, it's time to face facts and end the two-child limit on benefits
Backing calls from former prime minister Gordon Brown for more intervention on child poverty, a group of 13 leading charities have joined together to write an op-ed to Keir Starmer calling for the two-child limit to be dropped
Racism is hardwired into our housing system – trust me, I know
Racism is hardwired into our housing system – trust me, I know
Welfare is not a competition – both young and old need protecting from poverty
Welfare is not a competition – both young and old need protecting from poverty
Measles, whooping cough and infection: Why children's health is getting worse in the UK
Measles, whooping cough and infection: Why children's health is getting worse in the UK
Council drops bid to evict food bank from premises in child poverty hotspot: 'Our future is secure'
Council drops bid to evict food bank from premises in child poverty hotspot: 'Our future is secure'
A false claim about homeless veterans and asylum seekers sparked outrage. Here's the reality
A false claim about homeless veterans and asylum seekers sparked outrage. Here's the reality
How cancer patients could suffer after Labour's cuts to universal credit
How cancer patients could suffer after Labour's cuts to universal credit
Inside the Big Issue: Can we find this man a proper place to live?
Inside the Big Issue: Can we find this man a proper place to live?
Universal credit cuts will push 50,000 into poverty despite government's U-turn, MPs warn
Universal credit cuts will push 50,000 into poverty despite government's U-turn, MPs warn
Labour has promised to stop poor people dying so early. A Scottish rapper could help them find the way
Labour has promised to stop poor people dying so early. A Scottish rapper could help them find the way
Closure of pubs and parks created a 'tinderbox' for far-right riots, research says: 'Hate can fill the void'
Closure of pubs and parks created a 'tinderbox' for far-right riots, research says: 'Hate can fill the void'
Poverty doesn't take a break in the summer holidays – and baby banks don't either
Poverty doesn't take a break in the summer holidays – and baby banks don't either
This project offers homeless people a home for life: 'We want to end homelessness one person at a time'
This project offers homeless people a home for life: 'We want to end homelessness one person at a time'
Pensioners in poverty are isolated and eating only one meal a day – they need help
Pensioners in poverty are isolated and eating only one meal a day – they need help
Baby banks have quietly become a vital service for new parents – why have we allowed it?
Baby banks have quietly become a vital service for new parents – why have we allowed it?
Nutrition is not always a lifestyle choice. It's harder to be healthy if you live in the North
Nutrition is not always a lifestyle choice. It's harder to be healthy if you live in the North
Homeless people were given free cash to buy what they want – here's what they spent their money on
Homeless people were given free cash to buy what they want – here's what they spent their money on
Teachers fear more than half a million children will go hungry this summer: 'It just can't go on'
Teachers fear more than half a million children will go hungry this summer: 'It just can't go on'
Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?
Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?
I'm a mum impacted by the two-child limit on benefits. Labour must do what's right and end it
I'm a mum impacted by the two-child limit on benefits. Labour must do what's right and end it
I lived on a debt-stricken housing estate as an anthropologist – this is what I learned about poverty
I lived on a debt-stricken housing estate as an anthropologist – this is what I learned about poverty
One in nine children hit by two-child benefit cap: 'The public will not stomach inaction'
One in nine children hit by two-child benefit cap: 'The public will not stomach inaction'
MPs vote to make Labour's 'reckless' benefits bill into law – despite disabled people's fears. Now what?
