Poverty

You could be £1,100 a year worse off from Friday in cost of living surge
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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
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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
An aerial view of a woman packing food parcels at a food bank. Nearly half of people using food banks last year were in debt to the government
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
Around 30 per cent of single parents were furloughed during the pandemic.
Spring Budget

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

Spring Budget will leave low-income families 'stranded,' say anti-poverty campaigners
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Spring Budget

Spring Budget will leave low-income families 'stranded,' say anti-poverty campaigners

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

'Some children haven't learnt to crawl': New report reveals impact of pandemic on society
Covid-19

'Some children haven't learnt to crawl': New report reveals impact of pandemic on society

‘The impact could be fatal’: Jack Monroe urges MPs to support families amid cost of living crisis
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cost of living crisis

‘The impact could be fatal’: Jack Monroe urges MPs to support families amid cost of living crisis

Brits are facing the biggest drop in real-terms income since the 1970s
cost of living crisis

Brits are facing the biggest drop in real-terms income since the 1970s

Exclusive: You can’t get a job if you can’t afford the internet, say 9 in 10 Brits
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digital inclusion

Exclusive: You can’t get a job if you can’t afford the internet, say 9 in 10 Brits

‘Heartbreaking’ reports from food bank users show mental health impact of poverty
food banks
Food banks

‘Heartbreaking’ reports from food bank users show mental health impact of poverty

School life leaves children in poverty feeling ‘embarrassed and excluded’
children in poverty
child poverty

School life leaves children in poverty feeling ‘embarrassed and excluded’

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'It's a basic human dignity': Asylum seekers could soon be allowed to work in the UK
nationality and borders bill
asylum system

'It's a basic human dignity': Asylum seekers could soon be allowed to work in the UK

Brits told to brace for ‘cost of living crisis driven by war’ as violence unfolds in Ukraine
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cost of living crisis

Brits told to brace for ‘cost of living crisis driven by war’ as violence unfolds in Ukraine

Nine million families will be £500 worse off from April
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cost of living crisis

Nine million families will be £500 worse off from April

Plans to restrict student loans by GCSE grades labelled an ‘attack on the working class’
Education

Plans to restrict student loans by GCSE grades labelled an ‘attack on the working class’