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One in three terminally ill people miss out on benefits in the final year of their life
benefits

One in three terminally ill people miss out on benefits in the final year of their life

A third of people dying with chronic illness are not claiming fast-tracked benefits worth up to £187 a week.

The US-Iran war creates a ‘perfect storm’ for the UK’s food supply ‘hitting the poorest hardest’
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The US-Iran war creates a ‘perfect storm’ for the UK’s food supply ‘hitting the poorest hardest’

The US-Iran war is a “perfect storm” that will impact struggling families in the UK, a food poverty charity has explained

What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?
Child poverty

What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?

We break down exactly how the end to the two-child limit on benefits will impact low-income households in the UK

What would happen if the UK’s volunteers stopped volunteering?
Volunteering

What would happen if the UK’s volunteers stopped volunteering?

Who cares for the carers? ‘I can escape without having to worry about what’s going on at home’
Changemakers

Who cares for the carers? ‘I can escape without having to worry about what’s going on at home’

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Nearly two children in every classroom relying on food banks: ‘A national emergency’
Cost of living

Nearly two children in every classroom relying on food banks: ‘A national emergency’

Is the cost of living crisis back? And will prices in the UK ever come down?
Cost of living crisis

Is the cost of living crisis back? And will prices in the UK ever come down?

Thousands of people are protesting against rising water bills. Here’s what happens if you don’t pay
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Thousands of people are protesting against rising water bills. Here’s what happens if you don’t pay

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne slams ‘savagery’ of government cuts to Access To Work payments
Access To Work

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne slams ‘savagery’ of government cuts to Access To Work payments

Do settled migrants really get ‘immediate access’ to social housing?
social housing

Do settled migrants really get ‘immediate access’ to social housing?

Striking photos capture British Muslim families breaking fast during Ramadan in food bank Britain
Cost of living

Striking photos capture British Muslim families breaking fast during Ramadan in food bank Britain

Are universities really churning out 700,000 jobless graduates on benefits?
graduates

Are universities really churning out 700,000 jobless graduates on benefits?

Pensioners in poverty skip baths as water bills rise: ‘I hate living this way’
Water

Pensioners in poverty skip baths as water bills rise: ‘I hate living this way’

Kinship carers forced to turn to food banks after taking in vulnerable children
Kinship carers

Kinship carers forced to turn to food banks after taking in vulnerable children

Energy bills will fall in April. But will it be enough for people living in fuel poverty?
Energy bills

Energy bills will fall in April. But will it be enough for people living in fuel poverty?

I’m worried that even more disabled children could get lost within the SEND system after reforms
SEND

I’m worried that even more disabled children could get lost within the SEND system after reforms

What will the SEND reforms mean for families and their disabled children?
SEND

What will the SEND reforms mean for families and their disabled children?

It was a traumatic, hellish fight trying to get SEND support for my daughter
SEND

It was a traumatic, hellish fight trying to get SEND support for my daughter

Meet the dads who started a podcast about their experiences raising autistic children
SEND

Meet the dads who started a podcast about their experiences raising autistic children

I left teaching because I felt eaten up by guilt that I couldn’t help SEND children like my own
SEND

I left teaching because I felt eaten up by guilt that I couldn’t help SEND children like my own

My children were out of school for more than a year as we fought to get them SEND support
SEND

My children were out of school for more than a year as we fought to get them SEND support

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Mainstream school was right for my daughter. SEND changes could cause more harm than good
SEND

Mainstream school was right for my daughter. SEND changes could cause more harm than good

My son is deaf and blind – but it was months of fighting before he got SEND support
SEND

My son is deaf and blind – but it was months of fighting before he got SEND support

Youth unemployment at its highest point for a decade: ‘It’s like running into a brick wall’
Social Justice

Youth unemployment at its highest point for a decade: ‘It’s like running into a brick wall’

Families face a bitter fight for SEND support in the UK: ‘It nearly killed us emotionally and financially’
SEND

Families face a bitter fight for SEND support in the UK: ‘It nearly killed us emotionally and financially’