Poverty
Pensioners are skipping showers and cutting back on food as millions face poverty
Pensioners are skipping showers and cutting back on food as millions face poverty
How the groundbreaking Crisis and Resilience Fund can help end the need for food banks
How the groundbreaking Crisis and Resilience Fund can help end the need for food banks
Millions of Brits have no savings to fall back on in a crisis. Will a new £1bn government scheme help?
Millions of Brits have no savings to fall back on in a crisis. Will a new £1bn government scheme help?
Disability benefit claimants at risk of poverty because of 'poor service' from DWP, MPs warn
Disability benefit claimants at risk of poverty because of 'poor service' from DWP, MPs warn
Big Issue founder renews calls for child poverty targets: 'I am gifting the government a chance'
Big Issue founder renews calls for child poverty targets: 'I am gifting the government a chance'
It's a critical moment for millions of Brits living in fuel poverty in desperately cold homes this winter
It's a critical moment for millions of Brits living in fuel poverty in desperately cold homes this winter
How to survive the cold weather when you're struggling to pay your bills
How to survive the cold weather when you're struggling to pay your bills
The dehumanising narratives around benefits need to stop in 2026 – for all our sakes
The dehumanising narratives around benefits need to stop in 2026 – for all our sakes
Energy bills to remain 'stubbornly high' in January: 'Winter cruelly exposes the cost of a cold home'
Energy bills to remain 'stubbornly high' in January: 'Winter cruelly exposes the cost of a cold home'
Gordon Brown: 'This can't go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable'
Gordon Brown: 'This can't go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable'
Labour's child poverty strategy is a real step forward, but it can't be the last word
Labour's child poverty strategy is a real step forward, but it can't be the last word
From family time to robot dogs: Children share hilarious and heartbreaking Christmas wishes
From family time to robot dogs: Children share hilarious and heartbreaking Christmas wishes
Labour's £9.1bn inheritance tax raid is a missed opportunity to break the cycle of deprivation
Labour's £9.1bn inheritance tax raid is a missed opportunity to break the cycle of deprivation
UK asylum system delays and inefficiencies found to be 'wasting public funds' and 'harming lives'
UK asylum system delays and inefficiencies found to be 'wasting public funds' and 'harming lives'
Minister pressed on universal credit and child poverty targets as Labour reveals youth strategy
Minister pressed on universal credit and child poverty targets as Labour reveals youth strategy
Benefits stigma is booming. Here are the key myths around the system – debunked
Benefits stigma is booming. Here are the key myths around the system – debunked
We're Going on a Bear Hunt author Michael Rosen: 'Life is harder for kids now than it was in 1989'
We're Going on a Bear Hunt author Michael Rosen: 'Life is harder for kids now than it was in 1989'
Every child deserves the chance to dream, learn and play – without poverty holding them back