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Millions face paying more in energy bills than height of cost of living crisis. Here’s why
Cost of living crisis

Millions face paying more in energy bills than height of cost of living crisis. Here’s why

Local housing allowance is finally going up. But is it anything more than just a short-term fix?
Benefits

Local housing allowance is finally going up. But is it anything more than just a short-term fix?

I started doing crime by age 6. I didn’t know any other life – all my birthdays were in prison
Crime

I started doing crime by age 6. I didn’t know any other life – all my birthdays were in prison

Calls to nationalise Thames Water as Brits face 40% increase in bills: ‘A con and a disgrace’
Water bills

Calls to nationalise Thames Water as Brits face 40% increase in bills: ‘A con and a disgrace’

Leaked letter to Tory MPs reveals renting reforms will be ‘watered down’ to ‘appease landlords’
RENTING

Leaked letter to Tory MPs reveals renting reforms will be ‘watered down’ to ‘appease landlords’

Council tax is going up for millions in April. Here’s what to do if you’re struggling to pay
Cost of living crisis

Council tax is going up for millions in April. Here’s what to do if you’re struggling to pay

Water bills are going up in April 2024. Here’s what to do if you’re struggling to pay
Cost of living crisis

Water bills are going up in April 2024. Here’s what to do if you’re struggling to pay

Care worker faced homelessness as low pay left her with ‘nothing’ to fall back on
Social care

Care worker faced homelessness as low pay left her with ‘nothing’ to fall back on

‘Job apocalypse’: Up to 8 million Brits risk losing their jobs to AI, government warned
Employment

‘Job apocalypse’: Up to 8 million Brits risk losing their jobs to AI, government warned

Most tenants have never heard of the beleaguered Renters Reform Bill
Renting

Most tenants have never heard of the beleaguered Renters Reform Bill

Unsecured debt such as credit cards and loans at highest level in a decade, charity warns
Debt

Unsecured debt such as credit cards and loans at highest level in a decade, charity warns

Kate Garraway’s ‘huge debts’ from husband’s care shows reality of a social care system in crisis
Social care

Kate Garraway’s ‘huge debts’ from husband’s care shows reality of a social care system in crisis

ONS U-turns on plan to stop publishing data on deaths of homeless people after furious outcry
homelessness

ONS U-turns on plan to stop publishing data on deaths of homeless people after furious outcry

DWP could be ‘fantastic’ under Labour, says ex-minister Stephen Timms: ‘Don’t write the DWP off’
Politics

DWP could be ‘fantastic’ under Labour, says ex-minister Stephen Timms: ‘Don’t write the DWP off’

UK housing is worst value for money of any advanced economy: ‘We are a joke’
Housing

UK housing is worst value for money of any advanced economy: ‘We are a joke’

Millions of kids are in poverty and Jeremy Hunt wants a ‘carrot and stick’ benefits system
benefits

Millions of kids are in poverty and Jeremy Hunt wants a ‘carrot and stick’ benefits system

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DWP benefits, rent rises and tax: All the tax year changes that will affect you from April 2024
Housing, benefits and work

DWP benefits, rent rises and tax: All the tax year changes that will affect you from April 2024

I was a drunk and homeless at 19. Volunteering helped me get my life back
Volunteering

I was a drunk and homeless at 19. Volunteering helped me get my life back

How a chocolate-like Harry Kane statue brought council spending and tax hikes into sharp focus
Football

How a chocolate-like Harry Kane statue brought council spending and tax hikes into sharp focus

Tory minister Mel Stride sparks backlash after claiming mental health culture has ‘gone too far’
Mental health

Tory minister Mel Stride sparks backlash after claiming mental health culture has ‘gone too far’