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Hundreds of thousands of pensioners miss out DWP pension credit worth £1,900: 'Disappointing'
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Pensioners

Hundreds of thousands of pensioners miss out DWP pension credit worth £1,900: 'Disappointing'

Mental health impact of debt and cost of living must stop being overlooked
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Julie Bentley

Mental health impact of debt and cost of living must stop being overlooked

The real Byker Grove: Inside the youth clubs that inspired Ant and Dec's childhood TV classic
Youth worker Jennie Maughan at the Chevron youth centre in Byker
Youth clubs

The real Byker Grove: Inside the youth clubs that inspired Ant and Dec's childhood TV classic

Three million children are facing hunger in the UK – with kids under four most at risk
boy leaning back on a wall looking sad
Poverty

Three million children are facing hunger in the UK – with kids under four most at risk

'Food is expensive': How free community meals have become lifelines for people struggling to survive
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Poverty

'Food is expensive': How free community meals have become lifelines for people struggling to survive

Reasons for keeping two-child benefit cap are thin at best and cruel at worst – Labour must lift it
Adult holding a child's hand in front of a pond. child poverty
Vikki Brownridge

Reasons for keeping two-child benefit cap are thin at best and cruel at worst – Labour must lift it

'I lost my dignity': Inside Britain's biggest food bank as people struggle to afford the basics
newcastle food bank volunteers
Food banks

'I lost my dignity': Inside Britain's biggest food bank as people struggle to afford the basics

Scrapping two-child benefit cap 'single most cost-effective policy' to reduce child poverty
Stock image of a baby being held by its mother
Child poverty

Scrapping two-child benefit cap 'single most cost-effective policy' to reduce child poverty

North East mayor Kim McGuinness on ambition, austerity and why she's the 'ultimate pragmatist'
North East mayor Kim McGuinness
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North East mayor Kim McGuinness on ambition, austerity and why she's the 'ultimate pragmatist'

Homelessness services face cliff-edge unless Labour gives budget boost for rough sleepers
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been urged to extend rough sleeping funding to help homelessness services
Rough sleeping

Homelessness services face cliff-edge unless Labour gives budget boost for rough sleepers

This is the first thing I would do to finally end poverty
John Bird

This is the first thing I would do to finally end poverty

Doctor says patients 'wearing five layers of clothes' amid rising bills and winter fuel payment cuts
Close-up shot of a gas hob
Energy bills

Doctor says patients 'wearing five layers of clothes' amid rising bills and winter fuel payment cuts

AJ Odudu: 'I knew we were working class. I shared the top bunk with my younger sister for years'
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AJ Odudu: 'I knew we were working class. I shared the top bunk with my younger sister for years'

'It's time to listen': Labour conference votes for government to reverse winter fuel payment cuts
keir starmer
Winter fuel payments

'It's time to listen': Labour conference votes for government to reverse winter fuel payment cuts

Labour's plan to 'get Brits back to work' must not be an excuse for slashing benefits, charities say
Disability benefits

Labour's plan to 'get Brits back to work' must not be an excuse for slashing benefits, charities say

DWP's crackdown on welfare fraud risks 'criminalising' innocent benefit claimants, Starmer warned
Starmer at the Labour party conference
Benefit fraud

DWP's crackdown on welfare fraud risks 'criminalising' innocent benefit claimants, Starmer warned

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Research finds that over half of UK adults (54%) think the government is not doing enough for people in poverty  
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Research finds that over half of UK adults (54%) think the government is not doing enough for people in poverty  

DWP's uncertainty over future of PIP leaves benefit claimants in fear: 'What's going to happen to me?'
yolanda barker
Benefits

DWP's uncertainty over future of PIP leaves benefit claimants in fear: 'What's going to happen to me?'

Rachel Reeves promises 'no return to austerity' amid fears of cuts to benefits in autumn budget
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Social Justice

Rachel Reeves promises 'no return to austerity' amid fears of cuts to benefits in autumn budget

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