Poverty

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?
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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'
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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

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

Random Acts of Kindness: 11 ways to give kindness without spending money
Random Acts of Kindness
Random Acts of Kindness

Random Acts of Kindness: 11 ways to give kindness without spending money

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
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Cost of living crisis

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

Legacy benefits claimants lose High Court appeal over pandemic payments
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Legacy benefits

Legacy benefits claimants lose High Court appeal over pandemic payments

I was born into poverty – and 77 years later we still haven't solved it
Poverty in postwar London
John Bird

I was born into poverty – and 77 years later we still haven't solved it

Police have no place in our schools
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Dr Shabna Begum

Police have no place in our schools

Where to find grants for furniture and carpets in 2023
Housing

Where to find grants for furniture and carpets in 2023

The cost of living crisis is hitting everyone's incomes... except the richest
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Cost of living crisis

The cost of living crisis is hitting everyone's incomes... except the richest

Got debt? Don’t suffer in silence. Here’s how to get help 
cost of living

Got debt? Don’t suffer in silence. Here’s how to get help 

Ulysses helps us realise poverty has been with us a long time
Christ Feeding the Multitude [Matthew 14:19]
John Bird

Ulysses helps us realise poverty has been with us a long time

Gordon Brown: Universal Credit doesn't add up
Gordon Brown wears a red tie and suit and talks to a woman with one hand outstretched
Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown: Universal Credit doesn't add up

Regrets, we have a few. But this Christmas we must focus on present need, not past mistakes
Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
John Bird

Regrets, we have a few. But this Christmas we must focus on present need, not past mistakes

How to help Aisling Bea rally people power against hunger
AISLING BEA photo by Joseph Sinclair
Community

How to help Aisling Bea rally people power against hunger

O2 are donating 1 million GB of data to those in need this Christmas
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O2 are donating 1 million GB of data to those in need this Christmas