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This Debt Awareness Week, we want people to know it’s nothing to be ashamed of
Money

This Debt Awareness Week, we want people to know it’s nothing to be ashamed of

What happens if you ignore your bills or can’t afford to pay? Here’s how to get help
Money

What happens if you ignore your bills or can’t afford to pay? Here’s how to get help

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

‘Shocking’ number of homeless deaths in Scotland spark calls for action ahead of Holyrood elections
Homelessness

‘Shocking’ number of homeless deaths in Scotland spark calls for action ahead of Holyrood elections

What will the Middle East conflict mean for UK energy bills?
Energy bills

What will the Middle East conflict mean for UK energy bills?

Energy bills will fall in April. But will it be enough for people living in fuel poverty?
Energy bills

Energy bills will fall in April. But will it be enough for people living in fuel poverty?

Why don’t people just get a job? The answer is far from simple
Juliette Flach

Why don’t people just get a job? The answer is far from simple

Labour says it wants to end the need for food banks. Is there any way it can succeed?
Food banks

Labour says it wants to end the need for food banks. Is there any way it can succeed?

New Buy Now, Pay Later rules could protect you from debt traps. But what are the risks?
BNPL

New Buy Now, Pay Later rules could protect you from debt traps. But what are the risks?

Letters: It’s mind-blowing that in 2026 water companies are allowed to dump sewage into rivers
Letters

Letters: It’s mind-blowing that in 2026 water companies are allowed to dump sewage into rivers

This government must make private rent more affordable. Here’s how they can do it
Ben Cooper

This government must make private rent more affordable. Here’s how they can do it

Over a million kids live in hygiene poverty. But teachers don’t always know what to say
hygiene poverty

Over a million kids live in hygiene poverty. But teachers don’t always know what to say

Why are four million children still going hungry in the UK in 2026?
Dr Regina Murphy Keith

Why are four million children still going hungry in the UK in 2026?

Water bills are going up – again. Will they merely ‘prop up a crumbling system?’
water bills

Water bills are going up – again. Will they merely ‘prop up a crumbling system?’

‘Poverty destroys us’: Big Issue founder John Bird urges Labour to set targets to end child poverty
Child poverty

‘Poverty destroys us’: Big Issue founder John Bird urges Labour to set targets to end child poverty

More than half of people with mental health problems regularly run out of money
Money

More than half of people with mental health problems regularly run out of money

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‘I’m happy to pay for uni, but I’ll never clear my debt’: Graduates hit out at student loans crisis
Student debt

‘I’m happy to pay for uni, but I’ll never clear my debt’: Graduates hit out at student loans crisis

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham’s Britain would look like
Politics

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham’s Britain would look like

Starmer ties the UK’s Greenland stance to the cost of living crisis. Is it a false choice?
Politics

Starmer ties the UK’s Greenland stance to the cost of living crisis. Is it a false choice?

Millions of Brits are going without food and heating to improve their credit score
Credit

Millions of Brits are going without food and heating to improve their credit score