Benefits

Will benefits rise in line with inflation?
Cost of living crisis

Will benefits rise in line with inflation?

Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement will push more into poverty, says Big Issue founder John Bird
Autumn Statement

Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement will push more into poverty, says Big Issue founder John Bird

Hunt must raise benefits in line with inflation, urge campaigners
Cost of Living Crisis

Hunt must raise benefits in line with inflation, urge campaigners

Kwasi Kwarteng remains tight-lipped over how huge tax cuts will be funded
Economy

Kwasi Kwarteng remains tight-lipped over how huge tax cuts will be funded

‘People will starve and freeze’ if government U-turns on promise to increase benefits
Cost of living crisis

‘People will starve and freeze’ if government U-turns on promise to increase benefits

Forcing working universal credit claimants to do more hours ‘does nothing to help childcare crisis’
Working parents

Forcing working universal credit claimants to do more hours ‘does nothing to help childcare crisis’

New work and pensions secretary Chloe Smith has consistently voted to cut benefits
Cost of living crisis

New work and pensions secretary Chloe Smith has consistently voted to cut benefits

90% of rented homes in England unaffordable for people on housing benefit
RENTING

90% of rented homes in England unaffordable for people on housing benefit

‘Using less energy isn’t an option’: Disabled people set to be hit hardest when bills soar again
Energy bills

‘Using less energy isn’t an option’: Disabled people set to be hit hardest when bills soar again

DWP staff are having to claim benefits themselves
In-work poverty

DWP staff are having to claim benefits themselves

Estate agents caught saying they don’t rent homes to people on benefits
Renting

Estate agents caught saying they don’t rent homes to people on benefits

Cost of living payments: Anxiety and confusion as millions left waiting for support
Cost of living crisis

Cost of living payments: Anxiety and confusion as millions left waiting for support

Low-income households set to receive cash payments to help ease cost of living crisis
Cost of living crisis

Low-income households set to receive cash payments to help ease cost of living crisis

What new chancellor Nadhim Zahawi can do to tackle the cost of living crisis
Cost of living crisis

What new chancellor Nadhim Zahawi can do to tackle the cost of living crisis

More than eight million families to get new cost of living payment in July
Cost of living

More than eight million families to get new cost of living payment in July

Boris Johnson’s plans to expand Right to Buy housing scheme labelled ‘baffling and unworkable’
Housing crisis

Boris Johnson’s plans to expand Right to Buy housing scheme labelled ‘baffling and unworkable’

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These pensioners are on a rent strike over surging service charges
RENTING

These pensioners are on a rent strike over surging service charges

40% of landlords say they would not rent out their property to people on benefits
Renting

40% of landlords say they would not rent out their property to people on benefits

Child benefit: Why your payment has been reduced ahead of the Queen’s Jubilee
Welfare system

Child benefit: Why your payment has been reduced ahead of the Queen’s Jubilee

‘They wanted pet rent’: Intense competition for a home leaves renters facing extraordinary demands
Renting

‘They wanted pet rent’: Intense competition for a home leaves renters facing extraordinary demands