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Poverty

Cash Carraway on Rain Dogs: 'We always see working-class stories through a middle-class gaze'
Fleur Tashjain and Daisy May Cooper as Iris and Costello Jones in Rain Dogs
interview

Cash Carraway on Rain Dogs: 'We always see working-class stories through a middle-class gaze'

This website lets you see how much hidden financial support you’re eligible for
cost of living

This website lets you see how much hidden financial support you’re eligible for

Poverty is the great drain at the heart of the budget
Margaret Thatcher
John Bird

Poverty is the great drain at the heart of the budget

Why ideas of ending poverty are still stuck in the realm of fantasy
Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s 1567 painting The Land of Cockaigne
John Bird

Why ideas of ending poverty are still stuck in the realm of fantasy

The cost of living's hidden mental health impact
the hidden mental health impact of the cost of living crisis
mental health

The cost of living's hidden mental health impact

Rural poverty is getting worse – and welfare harder to access
Poverty

Rural poverty is getting worse – and welfare harder to access

Everyone is afraid of poverty, so why haven't we declared war on it?
J Paul Getty sits at a dining table alone
John Bird

Everyone is afraid of poverty, so why haven't we declared war on it?

Why women are much more likely to be caught in the poverty trap
Sabrina Cohen-Hatton
International Women's Day

Why women are much more likely to be caught in the poverty trap

All the best ways to help others in the cold weather
cold weather help
Advice

All the best ways to help others in the cold weather

More people are getting a hand up from Big Issue as the cost-of-living crisis bites
Ian Duff and his new dog, Trigger, on their pitch
News

More people are getting a hand up from Big Issue as the cost-of-living crisis bites

In the face of this emergency, revolutionary thinking is required
Homeless on Victoria Embankment
John Bird

In the face of this emergency, revolutionary thinking is required

A reader writes: gambling companies target the most vulnerable
Boston, Levelling Up
Letters

A reader writes: gambling companies target the most vulnerable

A poverty manifesto about the glues, syrups and treacles that get people stuck
Portrait of the satirist Jonathan Swift by Michael Dahl
John Bird

A poverty manifesto about the glues, syrups and treacles that get people stuck

What's it like living in rural Scotland during the cost of living crisis?
rural communities/ cost of living
Cost of living crisis

What's it like living in rural Scotland during the cost of living crisis?

Turnips and working more hours? Food bank workers say Thérèse Coffey is 'living on a different planet'
coffey/ cost of living/ turnips
Cost of living crisis

Turnips and working more hours? Food bank workers say Thérèse Coffey is 'living on a different planet'

One in five people in the UK's wealthiest areas can't afford food or pay their bills
cost of living crisis
Cost of living crisis

One in five people in the UK's wealthiest areas can't afford food or pay their bills

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Are we doomed to repeat the cost of living crisis? This archive film shows how little has changed in the UK
cost of living archive film
Cost of living crisis

Are we doomed to repeat the cost of living crisis? This archive film shows how little has changed in the UK

Diary of a food bank manager: We’re now having to prepare parcels for people working full-time
Volunteers at Earlsfield Foodbank sort food in crates in the middle of a church
Diary of a food bank manager

Diary of a food bank manager: We’re now having to prepare parcels for people working full-time

From online deals to job searches: How digital exclusion makes the cost of living even higher
Digital Inclusion

From online deals to job searches: How digital exclusion makes the cost of living even higher

Pawnbrokers' phones are 'ringing off the walls' in the cost of living crisis
pawnbrokers/ cost of living
Cost of living crisis

Pawnbrokers' phones are 'ringing off the walls' in the cost of living crisis

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