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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

Stop stigmatising benefits claimants or thousands will stay trapped in poverty, Rachel Reeves told
Benefits

Stop stigmatising benefits claimants or thousands will stay trapped in poverty, Rachel Reeves told

‘We’re extremely nervous’: Here’s what Labour’s autumn budget might mean for benefit claimants
Autumn budget

‘We’re extremely nervous’: Here’s what Labour’s autumn budget might mean for benefit claimants

This cruel quirk in the benefits system is making young people homeless – but Labour can fix it
Balbir Kaur Chatrik

This cruel quirk in the benefits system is making young people homeless – but Labour can fix it

Poverty has become everyday. It’s time to give our children some hope
Paul McNamee

Poverty has become everyday. It’s time to give our children some hope

Universal credit top up of just £25 per week would ‘benefit whole of society’, study finds
Universal credit

Universal credit top up of just £25 per week would ‘benefit whole of society’, study finds

‘We’re the forgotten ones’: Labour budget must not ignore ‘broken’ social care system, families say
Social care

‘We’re the forgotten ones’: Labour budget must not ignore ‘broken’ social care system, families say

Over 3,000 homeless children stuck in hotels longer than legal limit – a 600% rise in three years
Housing crisis

Over 3,000 homeless children stuck in hotels longer than legal limit – a 600% rise in three years

‘We’re stepping in to help kids eat’: Schools forced to dip into their own budgets to feed pupils
Child poverty

‘We’re stepping in to help kids eat’: Schools forced to dip into their own budgets to feed pupils

Pay rise for thousands of workers as Real Living Wage rises to £12.60 an hour – but is it enough?
real living wage

Pay rise for thousands of workers as Real Living Wage rises to £12.60 an hour – but is it enough?

Universal credit is not enough for single parents like me – I’m relying on food banks to survive
Universal credit

Universal credit is not enough for single parents like me – I’m relying on food banks to survive

Government is ‘excluding’ disadvantaged kids from free childcare. It could trap them in poverty
Free childcare

Government is ‘excluding’ disadvantaged kids from free childcare. It could trap them in poverty

Axing ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap would reduce cost of poverty by over £3bn
Two-child benefit cap

Axing ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap would reduce cost of poverty by over £3bn

Dear Keir Starmer – no one should be sleeping on cardboard under bridges in a country this rich
Our vendors

Dear Keir Starmer – no one should be sleeping on cardboard under bridges in a country this rich

DWP still ‘considering’ PIP changes amid speculation on future of disability benefit reform
Disability benefits

DWP still ‘considering’ PIP changes amid speculation on future of disability benefit reform

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‘It’s disastrous’: Furious pensioners call on government to reverse winter fuel payment cuts
Winter fuel payment

‘It’s disastrous’: Furious pensioners call on government to reverse winter fuel payment cuts

UK’s shock fall in inflation means benefits increase of ‘just a few pounds’ next year
Inflation

UK’s shock fall in inflation means benefits increase of ‘just a few pounds’ next year

Woman suffers stroke and loses three stone after DWP stops her disability benefits: ‘I was a skeleton’
Disability benefits

Woman suffers stroke and loses three stone after DWP stops her disability benefits: ‘I was a skeleton’

Nearly half of Londoners don’t realise how bad child poverty actually is: ‘Deeply concerning’
Child poverty

Nearly half of Londoners don’t realise how bad child poverty actually is: ‘Deeply concerning’