Social Justice

Cost of living payments: Where to get help in 2025 now the scheme is over
Cost of living crisis

Cost of living payments: Where to get help in 2025 now the scheme is over

This is everything you need to know about the help available now that the cost of living payments have come to an end

Measles, whooping cough and infection: Why children’s health is getting worse in the UK
Child poverty

Measles, whooping cough and infection: Why children’s health is getting worse in the UK

The vast majority of paediatricians in the UK have seen children’s health getting worse as a result of poverty, which is connected to poor vaccination uptake and difficulties accessing healthcare appointments

Premier League clubs strike new shirt sponsor deals with gambling firms despite looming ban
Football

Premier League clubs strike new shirt sponsor deals with gambling firms despite looming ban

11 of the Premier League’s 20 clubs will start the new season with a gambling sponsor on the front of their shirts, and no club has abandoned betting firms.

The fight to keep two libraries in two of Liverpool’s most deprived areas: ‘It would be a grievous blow’
Libraries

The fight to keep two libraries in two of Liverpool’s most deprived areas: ‘It would be a grievous blow’

Council drops bid to evict food bank from premises in child poverty hotspot: ‘Our future is secure’
Food banks

Council drops bid to evict food bank from premises in child poverty hotspot: ‘Our future is secure’

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2,600 forgotten prisoners left to rot indefinitely under ‘inhumane’ sentences outlawed 12 years ago
Criminal justice

2,600 forgotten prisoners left to rot indefinitely under ‘inhumane’ sentences outlawed 12 years ago

A false claim about homeless veterans and asylum seekers sparked outrage. Here’s the reality
Asylum protests

A false claim about homeless veterans and asylum seekers sparked outrage. Here’s the reality

Sex workers ‘trapped’ in prostitution by ‘unjust’ police cautions: ‘It stopped me from having a career’
Criminal justice

Sex workers ‘trapped’ in prostitution by ‘unjust’ police cautions: ‘It stopped me from having a career’

Universal credit cuts will push 50,000 into poverty despite government’s U-turn, MPs warn
Disability benefits

Universal credit cuts will push 50,000 into poverty despite government’s U-turn, MPs warn

Labour has promised to stop poor people dying so early. A Scottish rapper could help them find the way
Health inequalities

Labour has promised to stop poor people dying so early. A Scottish rapper could help them find the way

Football has a racism problem. But England wouldn’t be in the Euro final without women of colour
Football

Football has a racism problem. But England wouldn’t be in the Euro final without women of colour

These refugees came to Britain for safety. They found roller skates
Refugees

These refugees came to Britain for safety. They found roller skates

Revealed: Scrapping two-child benefit limit will make ‘no difference at all’ to 140,000 children in poverty
Two-child limit

Revealed: Scrapping two-child benefit limit will make ‘no difference at all’ to 140,000 children in poverty

The 2012 Olympics promised to regenerate East London. What went wrong?
Regeneration

The 2012 Olympics promised to regenerate East London. What went wrong?

Revealed: Why Greater Manchester Police refuses to give life-saving overdose drug to officers
Drugs

Revealed: Why Greater Manchester Police refuses to give life-saving overdose drug to officers

DWP taking cash back from benefit claimants it overpaid is ‘just like carer’s allowance scandal’
Benefits

DWP taking cash back from benefit claimants it overpaid is ‘just like carer’s allowance scandal’

Childcare costs families £1,000 per child in the summer holidays: ‘It makes me feel sick’
Childcare

Childcare costs families £1,000 per child in the summer holidays: ‘It makes me feel sick’

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?
Cost of living crisis

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?

Labour’s new Family Hubs are the ‘successor’ to Sure Start. As child poverty rises, will they work?
Sure Start

Labour’s new Family Hubs are the ‘successor’ to Sure Start. As child poverty rises, will they work?

Brits overwhelmingly back a wealth tax on the ultra-rich. Would it work in the UK?
Wealth Tax

Brits overwhelmingly back a wealth tax on the ultra-rich. Would it work in the UK?

I lived on a debt-stricken housing estate as an anthropologist – this is what I learned about poverty
Debt

I lived on a debt-stricken housing estate as an anthropologist – this is what I learned about poverty

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Home Office extends 56-day refugee move-on period – but it doesn’t go far enough, campaigners say
Refugees

Home Office extends 56-day refugee move-on period – but it doesn’t go far enough, campaigners say

DWP’s ‘unhealthy’ AI obsession is trapping people in poverty, Amnesty report finds
Artificial intelligence

DWP’s ‘unhealthy’ AI obsession is trapping people in poverty, Amnesty report finds

One in nine children hit by two-child benefit cap: ‘The public will not stomach inaction’
Child poverty

One in nine children hit by two-child benefit cap: ‘The public will not stomach inaction’

Meet the furious Gen Z protesters who want the super-rich to pay their fair share: ‘We have a voice’
Protest

Meet the furious Gen Z protesters who want the super-rich to pay their fair share: ‘We have a voice’