Social Justice

Surge in babies dying before their first birthday, study finds – especially in deprived areas
Health inequality

Surge in babies dying before their first birthday, study finds – especially in deprived areas

Citizens Advice staff vow to keep helping people after office destroyed in far-right riots
UK riots

Citizens Advice staff vow to keep helping people after office destroyed in far-right riots

Scrapping two-child benefit cap would save hundreds of infants’ lives, study finds
Two-child benefit cap

Scrapping two-child benefit cap would save hundreds of infants’ lives, study finds

DWP mistakenly accuses disabled woman of owing £28,000 in benefit overpayments
Benefits

DWP mistakenly accuses disabled woman of owing £28,000 in benefit overpayments

Over 150 authors donate their books to Liverpool library burned during far-right riots
Libraries

Over 150 authors donate their books to Liverpool library burned during far-right riots

What is the two-child benefit limit and how does it impact families?
Benefits

What is the two-child benefit limit and how does it impact families?

Benefit cap and unaffordable rents leave tens of thousands of families at risk of destitution
Benefits

Benefit cap and unaffordable rents leave tens of thousands of families at risk of destitution

This is the harsh reality of the two-child benefit cap for families: ‘It’s like wearing a scarlet letter’
Two-child benefit cap

This is the harsh reality of the two-child benefit cap for families: ‘It’s like wearing a scarlet letter’

Rachel Reeves warns of ‘difficult decisions’ on benefits and welfare spending
Benefits

Rachel Reeves warns of ‘difficult decisions’ on benefits and welfare spending

Winter fuel payments restricted to pensioners on certain benefits
Benefits

Winter fuel payments restricted to pensioners on certain benefits

‘It doesn’t have to be this way’: More than 200,000 kids needed help from baby banks last year
Baby banks

‘It doesn’t have to be this way’: More than 200,000 kids needed help from baby banks last year

I took out loans and maxed out credit cards to fund my gambling addiction. I ended up homeless
Gambling

I took out loans and maxed out credit cards to fund my gambling addiction. I ended up homeless

‘When I first went inside I wanted to die’: What life’s like inside a UK women’s prison
Prisons

‘When I first went inside I wanted to die’: What life’s like inside a UK women’s prison

DWP warned benefit claimants face ‘poor customer service’ and ‘long waiting times’
BENEFITS

DWP warned benefit claimants face ‘poor customer service’ and ‘long waiting times’

‘Shameful stuff’: Labour suspends seven rebel MPs who voted to end two-child benefit cap
Two-child benefit cap

‘Shameful stuff’: Labour suspends seven rebel MPs who voted to end two-child benefit cap

DWP should prioritise supporting benefit claimants over sanctions, most people say
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP should prioritise supporting benefit claimants over sanctions, most people say

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PIP changes: Labour government urged to drop ‘dangerous’ disability benefit reforms
Department for Work and Pensions

PIP changes: Labour government urged to drop ‘dangerous’ disability benefit reforms

Homeless people face being locked out of public toilets due to card-only payments
Public toilets

Homeless people face being locked out of public toilets due to card-only payments

Labour ‘considering’ scrapping two-child benefit cap
Child poverty

Labour ‘considering’ scrapping two-child benefit cap

Labour warned that crackdown on shoplifters risks ‘criminalising’ poverty: ‘Some are out of options’
Shoplifting

Labour warned that crackdown on shoplifters risks ‘criminalising’ poverty: ‘Some are out of options’