Cost of living crisis
DWP payment dates in April 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

DWP payment dates in April 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
DWP figures show two in five single parents are living in poverty: ‘It’s a terrible situation’

DWP figures show two in five single parents are living in poverty: ‘It’s a terrible situation’
Food banks aren’t the solution to poverty – especially when businesses use them to dump food waste

Food banks aren’t the solution to poverty – especially when businesses use them to dump food waste
For those still dealing with a post-Covid debt hangover, financial resilience is vital

For those still dealing with a post-Covid debt hangover, financial resilience is vital
Child poverty hits new record high – before Labour benefit cuts will push 50,000 more into hardship

Child poverty hits new record high – before Labour benefit cuts will push 50,000 more into hardship
‘People are scared’: Surge in helpline calls after Labour announces plans for benefit cuts

‘People are scared’: Surge in helpline calls after Labour announces plans for benefit cuts
Cuts, taxes and Labour dissent: What to expect from the chancellor’s Spring Statement

Cuts, taxes and Labour dissent: What to expect from the chancellor’s Spring Statement
‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’

‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’
Here’s how to make your voice heard against the DWP’s disability benefit cuts

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’

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

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?

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

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’

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

DWP told to stop forcibly taking cash from benefit claimants to pay for its own mistakes
Poorest Brits now worse off than poorest people in Slovenia, report finds – here’s why

Poorest Brits now worse off than poorest people in Slovenia, report finds – here’s why
Disability benefit cuts could plunge 700,000 households into poverty, Labour warned

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’

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’

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
