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‘Christmas is out’: Meet the pensioners cancelling Christmas over Labour’s winter fuel payment cuts
Winter Fuel Payment

‘Christmas is out’: Meet the pensioners cancelling Christmas over Labour’s winter fuel payment cuts

Energy bills are still going up – Labour must rise to the challenge of protecting the poorest
Simon Francis

Energy bills are still going up – Labour must rise to the challenge of protecting the poorest

‘A national disgrace’: A quarter of households with children under four don’t have enough food
Food poverty

‘A national disgrace’: A quarter of households with children under four don’t have enough food

‘Get Britain Working’ risks becoming empty words without urgent reforms to the benefits system
Anela Anwar

‘Get Britain Working’ risks becoming empty words without urgent reforms to the benefits system

Here’s how to donate to a food bank near you this winter
Food banks

Here’s how to donate to a food bank near you this winter

Millions of Brits keep their homes at dangerously low temperatures – and it’s saving less than they think
Energy Bills

Millions of Brits keep their homes at dangerously low temperatures – and it’s saving less than they think

‘Dismay’ for disabled and vulnerable households as average annual energy bills to rise to £1,738
Energy bills

‘Dismay’ for disabled and vulnerable households as average annual energy bills to rise to £1,738

Number of people turning to food banks is shocking – but it’s the tip of the hunger iceberg
Sabine Goodwin

Number of people turning to food banks is shocking – but it’s the tip of the hunger iceberg

Energy bills have pushed UK inflation to 2.3% – and we need ‘bold’ thinking to bring it back down
Inflation

Energy bills have pushed UK inflation to 2.3% – and we need ‘bold’ thinking to bring it back down

‘This cannot go on’: Hundreds of thousands of people turning to food banks for the first time
Food banks

‘This cannot go on’: Hundreds of thousands of people turning to food banks for the first time

Balancing childcare and work is driving up poverty – especially for children with additional needs
Hannah Mackay-Christie, Leigh Elliott

Balancing childcare and work is driving up poverty – especially for children with additional needs

This is why your Christmas turkey costs more this year
Food

This is why your Christmas turkey costs more this year

‘It can’t stay like this’: Meet the North East families fighting child poverty by themselves
Big Community

‘It can’t stay like this’: Meet the North East families fighting child poverty by themselves

1 in 5 Brits say they’ve sofa surfed amid record levels of homelessness heading into Christmas
Homelessness

1 in 5 Brits say they’ve sofa surfed amid record levels of homelessness heading into Christmas

PIP is a lifeline for me as a disabled person. Here’s a great way to claim for the DWP benefit
Alicia Cartwright

PIP is a lifeline for me as a disabled person. Here’s a great way to claim for the DWP benefit

Labour must ‘learn the lessons’ of Donald Trump’s election win – or face right-wing surge
US election

Labour must ‘learn the lessons’ of Donald Trump’s election win – or face right-wing surge

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‘Back to cost of living crisis’: Households will be £770 worse off by next UK election, experts say
Cost of living crisis

‘Back to cost of living crisis’: Households will be £770 worse off by next UK election, experts say

‘Disturbing’ disability benefit reforms in Labour’s budget could see hundreds of thousands denied help
Autumn budget

‘Disturbing’ disability benefit reforms in Labour’s budget could see hundreds of thousands denied help

Benefit changes, universal credit and crackdown on fraud: How Labour’s budget impacts benefits
Autumn budget

Benefit changes, universal credit and crackdown on fraud: How Labour’s budget impacts benefits

‘This will be costly’: Fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support over pension credit backlog
Winter fuel payment

‘This will be costly’: Fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support over pension credit backlog