Benefits

Young people ‘hounded’ for rent upfront to get a social home: ‘It’s meant to be affordable housing’
Housing

Young people ‘hounded’ for rent upfront to get a social home: ‘It’s meant to be affordable housing’

A youth charity said it had paid almost £30,000 in deposits to prevent young people from being made homeless after being asked for hundreds of pounds in rent upfront

How to manage your money if you become ill or disabled
Money

How to manage your money if you become ill or disabled

Managing your finances when you’re going through an illness or disability can be daunting – here, experts give their money advice

How to sort out your finances when your relationship breaks down
Money

How to sort out your finances when your relationship breaks down

Separating from your partner can be a stressful time emotionally but can also be difficult for your finances. Here’s what to do next

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

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?

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Local housing allowance stays frozen this year. Renters need housing benefit to keep up with rents
Morgan Vine

Local housing allowance stays frozen this year. Renters need housing benefit to keep up with rents

Labour wants to cut benefit spending. Here’s how giving people free cash could save money instead
Professor Michael Sanders

Labour wants to cut benefit spending. Here’s how giving people free cash could save money instead

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

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

Benefits, water bill hikes and TV licences: All the tax year changes in April 2026 you need to know
Money

Benefits, water bill hikes and TV licences: All the tax year changes in April 2026 you need to know

A new kind of politics is coming our way
John Bird

A new kind of politics is coming our way

Letters: ‘Voting is the adult equivalent of writing letters to Santa’
Letters

Letters: ‘Voting is the adult equivalent of writing letters to Santa’

Would a quarter of workers really be better off ‘swapping wages for benefits’?
Benefits

Would a quarter of workers really be better off ‘swapping wages for benefits’?

Why disabled people are worried that the Timms Review could be used as a cover for PIP cuts
Mikey Erhardt

Why disabled people are worried that the Timms Review could be used as a cover for PIP cuts

Disabled people appointed to co-produce Timms review of PIP: ‘This opportunity cannot be wasted’
Disability benefits

Disabled people appointed to co-produce Timms review of PIP: ‘This opportunity cannot be wasted’

HMRC mistakenly strips 17,000 parents of their child benefit: ‘The impact of these errors is brutal’
Benefits

HMRC mistakenly strips 17,000 parents of their child benefit: ‘The impact of these errors is brutal’

Disability benefit claimants at risk of poverty because of ‘poor service’ from DWP, MPs warn
Poverty

Disability benefit claimants at risk of poverty because of ‘poor service’ from DWP, MPs warn

How to survive the cold weather when you’re struggling to pay your bills
Cost of living

How to survive the cold weather when you’re struggling to pay your bills

Energy bills are rising in January. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?
Cost of living

Energy bills are rising in January. What do I do if I can’t afford to pay?

Benefits stigma is booming. Here are the key myths around the system – debunked
Benefits

Benefits stigma is booming. Here are the key myths around the system – debunked

The Museum of Austerity exhibition brings home the human cost of benefit cuts – MPs need to see it
Austerity

The Museum of Austerity exhibition brings home the human cost of benefit cuts – MPs need to see it

‘I’m praying’: From hope to fear, here’s how parents feel about the new child poverty strategy
Child poverty strategy

‘I’m praying’: From hope to fear, here’s how parents feel about the new child poverty strategy

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How scrapping the two-child benefit cap could stop divorcing families sliding into poverty
Kate Daly

How scrapping the two-child benefit cap could stop divorcing families sliding into poverty

‘Benefits Street’ is a devastatingly low blow for children living in poverty in the UK
Joseph Howes

‘Benefits Street’ is a devastatingly low blow for children living in poverty in the UK

Letters: How can an investment bank see the consequences of cutting benefits as a good thing?
Letters

Letters: How can an investment bank see the consequences of cutting benefits as a good thing?

Revealed: MPs rack up huge taxpayer-funded rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits
Exclusive

Revealed: MPs rack up huge taxpayer-funded rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits