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Living on the edge: How to avoid falling into poverty amid rising costs
Poverty line

Living on the edge: How to avoid falling into poverty amid rising costs

Here’s how to make your voice heard against the DWP’s disability benefit cuts
Disability benefits

Here’s how to make your voice heard against the DWP’s disability benefit cuts

Stanley Tucci, Stephen Fry, Rosie Jones and more hit out over benefit cuts: ‘It breaks my heart’
Disability benefits

Stanley Tucci, Stephen Fry, Rosie Jones and more hit out over benefit cuts: ‘It breaks my heart’

Labour’s benefit cuts might only be worth the price tag of a Premier League striker – here’s why
Arun Veerappan

Labour’s benefit cuts might only be worth the price tag of a Premier League striker – here’s why

40 years since it started, what’s the point of Comic Relief?
Samir Patel

40 years since it started, what’s the point of Comic Relief?

Too many children with special educational needs are living in poverty. It’s a waste of public funds
Joanne Barker-Marsh

Too many children with special educational needs are living in poverty. It’s a waste of public funds

Over 85,000 children in Britain living in extreme poverty: ‘There’s a sense of hopelessness’
Child poverty

Over 85,000 children in Britain living in extreme poverty: ‘There’s a sense of hopelessness’

DWP told to stop forcibly taking cash from benefit claimants to pay for its own mistakes
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP told to stop forcibly taking cash from benefit claimants to pay for its own mistakes

One in four teachers spending own money to feed hungry pupils as parents struggle with costs
Child poverty

One in four teachers spending own money to feed hungry pupils as parents struggle with costs

Disability benefit cuts could plunge 700,000 households into poverty, Labour warned
Disability benefits

Disability benefit cuts could plunge 700,000 households into poverty, Labour warned

Michael Sheen: ‘Going on holiday doesn’t matter to me as much as paying off 900 people’s debts’
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Michael Sheen: ‘Going on holiday doesn’t matter to me as much as paying off 900 people’s debts’

Millions of universal credit and disability benefit claimants turn to food banks: ‘I’m terrified of cuts’
Food banks

Millions of universal credit and disability benefit claimants turn to food banks: ‘I’m terrified of cuts’

DWP reveals new plans to get sick and disabled people into work ahead of benefit cuts
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP reveals new plans to get sick and disabled people into work ahead of benefit cuts

Rail fares go up year after year – but it doesn’t have to be this way. It’s time to fix fares for good
Michael Solomon Williams

Rail fares go up year after year – but it doesn’t have to be this way. It’s time to fix fares for good

Slashing billions from welfare will not help people into work or save money, Rachel Reeves warned
Department for Work and Pensions

Slashing billions from welfare will not help people into work or save money, Rachel Reeves warned

Pensioners ‘reduced to tears’ by ‘complex’ forms when applying for help from DWP
Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners ‘reduced to tears’ by ‘complex’ forms when applying for help from DWP

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Crisis-proofing your finances: How to prepare for the unexpected with an emergency fund
Emergency fund

Crisis-proofing your finances: How to prepare for the unexpected with an emergency fund

Scrap two-child benefit cap to prove you’re serious about child poverty, Labour told
Child poverty

Scrap two-child benefit cap to prove you’re serious about child poverty, Labour told

‘Heartbreak’ for millions of Brits as energy bills to rise by more than expected from April
Energy bills

‘Heartbreak’ for millions of Brits as energy bills to rise by more than expected from April

Most households paying £750 a year more for energy bills than before cost of living crisis
Energy bills

Most households paying £750 a year more for energy bills than before cost of living crisis