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Ultra-processed food is often blamed for obesity – but we should be looking at government policy
Mark Game

Ultra-processed food is often blamed for obesity – but we should be looking at government policy

Mark Game, chief executive of food charity the Bread and Butter Thing, calls for the government to do more to tackle poor diets in the UK

‘It’s a choice between dinner and devices’: Millions of children held back by digital poverty
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‘It’s a choice between dinner and devices’: Millions of children held back by digital poverty

The new research from the Digital Poverty Alliance shows that one in five children are impacted by digital inequality

Millions missing out on £23billion in unclaimed DWP benefits – an average of £2,700 per person
Benefits

Millions missing out on £23billion in unclaimed DWP benefits – an average of £2,700 per person

New research from Policy in Practice has highlighted that millions of people are missing out on thousands of pounds in unclaimed benefits and financial support this year

Renters being forced to move house costs £550m per year: ‘I’m always in fight or flight’
RENTING

Renters being forced to move house costs £550m per year: ‘I’m always in fight or flight’

DWP could violate human rights with plan to snoop on benefit claimants’ bank accounts
Benefits

DWP could violate human rights with plan to snoop on benefit claimants’ bank accounts

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Rishi Sunak is celebrating UK’s inflation fall – there’s just several problems
Inflation

Rishi Sunak is celebrating UK’s inflation fall – there’s just several problems

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?

Liz Truss blames the ‘deep state’ and the ‘establishment’ for her downfall. Here’s why she’s wrong
Politics

Liz Truss blames the ‘deep state’ and the ‘establishment’ for her downfall. Here’s why she’s wrong

Long-term sickness cannot be fixed by tightening ‘harsh’ disability benefits system, experts warn
Benefits

Long-term sickness cannot be fixed by tightening ‘harsh’ disability benefits system, experts warn

Millions of families on universal credit worse off by £1,400 a year, experts say: ‘It needs to change’
Universal credit

Millions of families on universal credit worse off by £1,400 a year, experts say: ‘It needs to change’

Cost of living payment 2024: Where to get help now the scheme is over
Cost of living crisis

Cost of living payment 2024: Where to get help now the scheme is over

Taking an earlier, smaller state pension could see pensioners ‘suffer for rest of their lives’
Pensions

Taking an earlier, smaller state pension could see pensioners ‘suffer for rest of their lives’

DWP benefits and state pension rising from April. Here’s when you will get the higher amount
Benefits

DWP benefits and state pension rising from April. Here’s when you will get the higher amount

DWP shamed over ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap as millions trapped in poverty: ‘Scrap this sibling tax’
Benefits

DWP shamed over ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap as millions trapped in poverty: ‘Scrap this sibling tax’

‘I feel judged for being smelly’: Millions can’t afford to wash their clothes as hygiene poverty soars
Hygiene poverty

‘I feel judged for being smelly’: Millions can’t afford to wash their clothes as hygiene poverty soars

‘DWP has learnt nothing’: DWP sparks fury by seizing woman’s £16k inheritance over Co-op job
Department for Work and Pensions

‘DWP has learnt nothing’: DWP sparks fury by seizing woman’s £16k inheritance over Co-op job

‘A national scandal’: Shocking number of kids living in dangerously mouldy homes, social workers say
Cost of living crisis

‘A national scandal’: Shocking number of kids living in dangerously mouldy homes, social workers say

Parents can now get 15 hours free childcare for two-year-olds. Here’s how
Cost of living crisis

Parents can now get 15 hours free childcare for two-year-olds. Here’s how

‘Time for a new deal’: UK’s new minimum wage still not enough to cover ‘a decent standard of life’
Minimum wage

‘Time for a new deal’: UK’s new minimum wage still not enough to cover ‘a decent standard of life’

I’m a single mum living in poverty. Worrying about how it affects my children keeps me up at night
Lauren

I’m a single mum living in poverty. Worrying about how it affects my children keeps me up at night

The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children’s charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution
Poverty

The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children’s charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution

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Gig ticket prices are extortionate now – but there’s still hope for live music
Music

Gig ticket prices are extortionate now – but there’s still hope for live music

The graph Rishi Sunak doesn’t want you to see
Inflation

The graph Rishi Sunak doesn’t want you to see

Millions face paying more in energy bills than height of cost of living crisis. Here’s why
Cost of living crisis

Millions face paying more in energy bills than height of cost of living crisis. Here’s why

32 places where kids can eat free or for £1 during the Easter holidays
Cost of living crisis

32 places where kids can eat free or for £1 during the Easter holidays