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Thousands of Brit-born children with migrant parents face destitution: ‘Don’t deny children their rights’
Poverty

Thousands of Brit-born children with migrant parents face destitution: ‘Don’t deny children their rights’

DWP payment dates in July 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month
Benefits

DWP payment dates in July 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month

The broken driving test system proves our public services are fraying at the edges
James Rose

The broken driving test system proves our public services are fraying at the edges

Labour’s disability benefits bill is supposed to help people into work – but the jobs aren’t there
Disability Benefits

Labour’s disability benefits bill is supposed to help people into work – but the jobs aren’t there

From the NHS to the DWP: UK’s new data law will make your life ‘radically different’, minister says
Data

From the NHS to the DWP: UK’s new data law will make your life ‘radically different’, minister says

Inside the food banks seeing ‘highest demand ever seen’ as cost of living harms families
Food banks

Inside the food banks seeing ‘highest demand ever seen’ as cost of living harms families

‘I was barely existing before PIP’: Benefit claimants say they’re ‘terrified’ of Labour’s cuts
Disability benefits

‘I was barely existing before PIP’: Benefit claimants say they’re ‘terrified’ of Labour’s cuts

The Green Party leadership race comes at a crunch time for net zero – it’s eco-populism or bust
Joe Brindle

The Green Party leadership race comes at a crunch time for net zero – it’s eco-populism or bust

Financial inequality: Understanding the gender gap in money matters – and how to close it
Gender pay gap

Financial inequality: Understanding the gender gap in money matters – and how to close it

Scrap two-child benefit cap if you’re serious about child poverty, Rachel Reeves told
Two-child benefit cap

Scrap two-child benefit cap if you’re serious about child poverty, Rachel Reeves told

Majority of pensioners to get winter fuel payment: ‘Finally the chancellor has seen sense’
Winter fuel payment

Majority of pensioners to get winter fuel payment: ‘Finally the chancellor has seen sense’

Letters: My middle-class, lifelong Labour-voting friends are turning to Reform UK
Letters

Letters: My middle-class, lifelong Labour-voting friends are turning to Reform UK

Nearly half of Brits only £100 away from being overdue on their rent or mortgage: ‘On a knife edge’
Rent

Nearly half of Brits only £100 away from being overdue on their rent or mortgage: ‘On a knife edge’

DWP payment dates in June 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP payment dates in June 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

Reforming the two-child benefit cap could lift 230,000 under-fives out of poverty, Labour told
Two-child benefit cap

Reforming the two-child benefit cap could lift 230,000 under-fives out of poverty, Labour told

Energy price cap fall is a ‘massive relief’ – but bills still remain punishingly high
Energy bills

Energy price cap fall is a ‘massive relief’ – but bills still remain punishingly high

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Starmer’s U-turn on winter fuel payment cuts ‘long overdue’ – but thousands could still miss out
Winter fuel payment

Starmer’s U-turn on winter fuel payment cuts ‘long overdue’ – but thousands could still miss out

Buy now, pay later? Understanding the new rules, the risks and how it all works
Buy now, pay later

Buy now, pay later? Understanding the new rules, the risks and how it all works

Croydon family spends staggering 9,500 days in so-called temporary accommodation
Temporary Accomodation

Croydon family spends staggering 9,500 days in so-called temporary accommodation

Keir Starmer promised to end food bank Britain. Now it feels nothing more than a pipe dream
Sabine Goodwin

Keir Starmer promised to end food bank Britain. Now it feels nothing more than a pipe dream