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Half of people claiming universal credit ran out of food in the last month
Universal Credit

Half of people claiming universal credit ran out of food in the last month

Fury as train operators cut railcard discount despite sky-high ticket prices: ‘It’s demoralising’
Transport

Fury as train operators cut railcard discount despite sky-high ticket prices: ‘It’s demoralising’

Homelessness is a ‘political choice’, MPs told as they return to parliament
Homelessness

Homelessness is a ‘political choice’, MPs told as they return to parliament

DWP extends household support fund to help families struggling with cost of living
Household support fund

DWP extends household support fund to help families struggling with cost of living

I arrived in the UK on a small boat. Now, I’m fighting to make life better for others like me
Changemakers

I arrived in the UK on a small boat. Now, I’m fighting to make life better for others like me

DWP says there’s ‘more learning to do’ as every MP given book on deaths of disabled benefit claimants
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP says there’s ‘more learning to do’ as every MP given book on deaths of disabled benefit claimants

These are the ticking Tory time bombs Labour must defuse as parliament returns
Politics

These are the ticking Tory time bombs Labour must defuse as parliament returns

Elderly people’s lives in danger without winter fuel payment, Labour warned: ‘This is a mistake’
Winter fuel payment

Elderly people’s lives in danger without winter fuel payment, Labour warned: ‘This is a mistake’

Council spending on homelessness now double what it was five years ago: ‘Throwing good money away’
Homelessness

Council spending on homelessness now double what it was five years ago: ‘Throwing good money away’

Single mum with disabled children told to pay DWP back £17,000 in benefit overpayments
Benefit overpayments

Single mum with disabled children told to pay DWP back £17,000 in benefit overpayments

How a replica Chinese restaurant is changing the narrative on migration after UK riots
Migration

How a replica Chinese restaurant is changing the narrative on migration after UK riots

No update on future of household support fund until autumn budget, DWP minister says
Household support fund

No update on future of household support fund until autumn budget, DWP minister says

This mum used to watch her son ‘struggle for breath’. After a year of Ulez, things are much better
ULEZ

This mum used to watch her son ‘struggle for breath’. After a year of Ulez, things are much better

The London housing market has become an absurdist sport. The game is rigged
Homelessness

The London housing market has become an absurdist sport. The game is rigged

One in 10 renters spend more than 60% of their take-home pay on rent
RENTING

One in 10 renters spend more than 60% of their take-home pay on rent

UK’s tax system lets the wealthy off the hook, report finds – and traps Northerners in inequality
Taxes

UK’s tax system lets the wealthy off the hook, report finds – and traps Northerners in inequality

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Outcry after water companies say they can’t fix the sewage crisis without hiking bills: ‘Insulting’
Water bills

Outcry after water companies say they can’t fix the sewage crisis without hiking bills: ‘Insulting’

‘My heart burns’: Three years after fall of Kabul, Afghan women share stories of escape and hope
Afghanistan

‘My heart burns’: Three years after fall of Kabul, Afghan women share stories of escape and hope

‘We could be the next Grenfell’: Dagenham fire is a chilling reminder of the UK’s cladding crisis
Dagenham fire

‘We could be the next Grenfell’: Dagenham fire is a chilling reminder of the UK’s cladding crisis

Labour urged against return to austerity as Keir Starmer warns of ‘painful’ autumn budget
Autumn budget

Labour urged against return to austerity as Keir Starmer warns of ‘painful’ autumn budget