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Poverty

Levelling up: Government delays plans to fix ‘worst regional inequalities in developed world’
boris johnson gives a levelling up speech
Levelling up

Levelling up: Government delays plans to fix ‘worst regional inequalities in developed world’

Families could be spending £550 extra on energy bills next year
energy crisis and fuel poverty
energy crisis

Families could be spending £550 extra on energy bills next year

Universal credit taper rate change does not help low-income families ‘live with dignity’
energy price cap
Universal Credit

Universal credit taper rate change does not help low-income families ‘live with dignity’

Low-income families in Scotland to receive £20 per week from April
scottish child payment
welfare system

Low-income families in Scotland to receive £20 per week from April

Kitmas campaign will give football shirts to thousands of children in poverty this Christmas
Kitmas founder Paul Watson
Charity

Kitmas campaign will give football shirts to thousands of children in poverty this Christmas

Food banks are giving out almost 2,000 emergency parcels to children every day
food banks
Food banks

Food banks are giving out almost 2,000 emergency parcels to children every day

Social care cap: What is it and what does it mean for me?
woman's hands placing medication into elderly man's hands. social care cap
social care

Social care cap: What is it and what does it mean for me?

Legacy benefits freeze left disabled people living on ‘historically’ low payments, court hears
legacy benefits protesters
welfare system

Legacy benefits freeze left disabled people living on ‘historically’ low payments, court hears

Food banks face a hard winter - give people cash instead
food banks
Sabine Goodwin

Food banks face a hard winter - give people cash instead

HS2: What is it and which bits have been scrapped?
Prime minister Boris Johnson in an orange high vis jacket and a HS2 helmet
Transport

HS2: What is it and which bits have been scrapped?

Here’s why everything is going to be so expensive this winter
UK cost of living inflation
Politics

Here’s why everything is going to be so expensive this winter

DWP faces High Court battle over 'morally bankrupt' legacy benefits rule
Disabled activists march on Euston Road to protest against legacy benefits decision
welfare system

DWP faces High Court battle over 'morally bankrupt' legacy benefits rule

Government accused of ‘institutionalising’ food banks in new guidance for councils
food banks
Poverty

Government accused of ‘institutionalising’ food banks in new guidance for councils

Scurvy and malnutrition in the UK have doubled since 2010
A doctor listening to a child's back through a stethoscope. Poverty
Poverty

Scurvy and malnutrition in the UK have doubled since 2010

UN set to take 'future generations' movement global
future generations
News

UN set to take 'future generations' movement global

How to talk about money in any situation
A young couple sit on a sofa with a credit card
Money

How to talk about money in any situation

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Nurses say levelling up is ‘lip service’ if lessons aren't learnt from Covid health inequalities
UK health inequality was reflected in Covid-19 death figures, when Bangladeshi men were five times as likely to die with the virus as their white counterparts.
Social Justice

Nurses say levelling up is ‘lip service’ if lessons aren't learnt from Covid health inequalities

‘It’s going to be a dark winter’: Universal credit claimants respond to the Budget
Universal credit claimants will keep 45p for every £1 they earn at work, starting in December.
Social Justice

‘It’s going to be a dark winter’: Universal credit claimants respond to the Budget

Sunak announces support for working universal credit claimants in Budget speech
Rishi Sunak, who is making universal credit changes, making an announcement with a union flag behind him
Politics

Sunak announces support for working universal credit claimants in Budget speech

‘Do it for the children’: Families plead with Sunak to reverse universal credit cut
universal credit
Social Justice

‘Do it for the children’: Families plead with Sunak to reverse universal credit cut

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