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Poverty

Vast amounts are spent on poverty but the money doesn’t go into the pockets of people in need
Opinion

Vast amounts are spent on poverty but the money doesn’t go into the pockets of people in need

Ministers’ logic ‘difficult to comprehend’ as benefits hit 35-year low
welfare system

Ministers’ logic ‘difficult to comprehend’ as benefits hit 35-year low

Food banks near ‘breaking point’ as poverty soars, PM told
poverty

Food banks near ‘breaking point’ as poverty soars, PM told

Diary of a food bank manager: ‘Last week we registered a 91-year-old man’
Diary of a food bank manager

Diary of a food bank manager: ‘Last week we registered a 91-year-old man’

DWP tries to scrap promise to report impact of universal credit
welfare system

DWP tries to scrap promise to report impact of universal credit

Right-wing think tank tells Sunak to ‘stop being allergic to welfare’
cost of living crisis

Right-wing think tank tells Sunak to ‘stop being allergic to welfare’

Nearly 30% of people facing debt were in energy arrears before the cost of living crisis
cost of living crisis

Nearly 30% of people facing debt were in energy arrears before the cost of living crisis

‘A national scandal’: High court rejects appeal to keep disability benefits in line with universal credit
welfare system

‘A national scandal’: High court rejects appeal to keep disability benefits in line with universal credit

Energy price cap rise marks start of ‘living standards catastrophe’ for UK’s poorest people
cost of living crisis

Energy price cap rise marks start of ‘living standards catastrophe’ for UK’s poorest people

This week’s energy price rise is largest ‘since records began’
cost of living

This week’s energy price rise is largest ‘since records began’

The cost of living crisis is forcing people to work multiple jobs to make ends meet
Cost of Living Crisis

The cost of living crisis is forcing people to work multiple jobs to make ends meet

You could be £1,100 a year worse off from Friday in cost of living surge
cost of living crisis

You could be £1,100 a year worse off from Friday in cost of living surge

Sunak ‘made political choice to plunge 1.3 million people into poverty’, chancellor told
cost of living crisis

Sunak ‘made political choice to plunge 1.3 million people into poverty’, chancellor told

Food banks forced to ration parcels and dip into cash reserves as donations drop
Food banks

Food banks forced to ration parcels and dip into cash reserves as donations drop

Families denied welfare due to immigration rules can now apply for free school meals
Free School Meals

Families denied welfare due to immigration rules can now apply for free school meals

Spring Budget: Sunak’s statement ‘won’t touch the sides’ for single parents
Spring Budget

Spring Budget: Sunak’s statement ‘won’t touch the sides’ for single parents

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Campaigners head to Downing Street to demand ‘unjust’ benefit cap is scrapped in Budget
Spring Budget

Campaigners head to Downing Street to demand ‘unjust’ benefit cap is scrapped in Budget

Met Police drop court case against woman for begging after legal challenge
Homelessness

Met Police drop court case against woman for begging after legal challenge

Skint: the BBC’s new series of monologues are informed by lived experience of poverty
TV

Skint: the BBC’s new series of monologues are informed by lived experience of poverty

This week’s Big TV Picks: Skint, Then Barbara Met Alan and Top Boy
Big TV Picks

This week’s Big TV Picks: Skint, Then Barbara Met Alan and Top Boy