Social Justice

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

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’

Premier League clubs step up gambling sponsorship on front of shirts ahead of ban: ‘It’s shameful’
Exclusive

Premier League clubs step up gambling sponsorship on front of shirts ahead of ban: ‘It’s shameful’

Summer holiday childcare costs surge to more than £1,000 per child: ‘Stressed out to the max’
Childcare

Summer holiday childcare costs surge to more than £1,000 per child: ‘Stressed out to the max’

I was in a violent relationship. I wouldn’t have got free without financial help
Financial inclusion

I was in a violent relationship. I wouldn’t have got free without financial help

Scrap two-child benefit cap to end child poverty, Labour told: ‘Good intentions are not enough’
Child poverty

Scrap two-child benefit cap to end child poverty, Labour told: ‘Good intentions are not enough’

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Inside the primary school ‘food shop’ ensuring children don’t go hungry over summer break
Food poverty

Inside the primary school ‘food shop’ ensuring children don’t go hungry over summer break

More than two thirds of teachers worry children will go hungry this summer: ‘Beyond heart-breaking’
Child poverty

More than two thirds of teachers worry children will go hungry this summer: ‘Beyond heart-breaking’

1.6 million children at risk of ‘losing their life chances’ because of ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap
Child poverty

1.6 million children at risk of ‘losing their life chances’ because of ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap

Will free school meals and vouchers be offered over the summer holidays?
Free school meals

Will free school meals and vouchers be offered over the summer holidays?