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Benefit cap and unaffordable rents leave tens of thousands of families at risk of destitution
Benefits

Benefit cap and unaffordable rents leave tens of thousands of families at risk of destitution

This is the harsh reality of the two-child benefit cap for families: ‘It’s like wearing a scarlet letter’
Two-child benefit cap

This is the harsh reality of the two-child benefit cap for families: ‘It’s like wearing a scarlet letter’

Cost of living crisis is causing adoption rates to decline – but every child deserves a loving home
Adoption

Cost of living crisis is causing adoption rates to decline – but every child deserves a loving home

Free and cheap things to do with the kids over the 2024 summer holidays
Cost of living

Free and cheap things to do with the kids over the 2024 summer holidays

Labour ‘considering’ scrapping two-child benefit cap
Child poverty

Labour ‘considering’ scrapping two-child benefit cap

Summer holiday childcare costs surge to more than £1,000 per child: ‘Stressed out to the max’
Childcare

Summer holiday childcare costs surge to more than £1,000 per child: ‘Stressed out to the max’

Dear Keir Starmer, I’m a single mum and NHS worker. Please don’t make me regret voting for you
Tayyaba Siddiqui

Dear Keir Starmer, I’m a single mum and NHS worker. Please don’t make me regret voting for you

I’m a disabled parent on benefits. Who will speak for me this general election?
Chris

I’m a disabled parent on benefits. Who will speak for me this general election?

Free school meals: Who is eligible? And how do you apply? Here’s all you need to know
Free school meals

Free school meals: Who is eligible? And how do you apply? Here’s all you need to know

Even Suella Braverman wants to end the two-child benefit cap. Why is Labour refusing to budge?
Child poverty

Even Suella Braverman wants to end the two-child benefit cap. Why is Labour refusing to budge?

DWP shamed over ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap as millions trapped in poverty: ‘Scrap this sibling tax’
Benefits

DWP shamed over ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap as millions trapped in poverty: ‘Scrap this sibling tax’

‘A national scandal’: Shocking number of kids living in dangerously mouldy homes, social workers say
Cost of living crisis

‘A national scandal’: Shocking number of kids living in dangerously mouldy homes, social workers say

I’m a single mum living in poverty. Worrying about how it affects my children keeps me up at night
Lauren

I’m a single mum living in poverty. Worrying about how it affects my children keeps me up at night

Family court sees trauma every day. Here’s how we can help struggling parents break the cycle
Teresa Thornhill

Family court sees trauma every day. Here’s how we can help struggling parents break the cycle

‘Utterly dire situation’: Childcare costs surge to ‘eye-watering’ £158 per week
Childcare

‘Utterly dire situation’: Childcare costs surge to ‘eye-watering’ £158 per week

How baby banks are fighting child poverty and empowering mums in the cost of living crisis
Mother's Day

How baby banks are fighting child poverty and empowering mums in the cost of living crisis

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The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Women, family and children
Changemakers 2024

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Women, family and children

I never knew my mother before her accident. Maybe I was the lucky one
Robin Ince

I never knew my mother before her accident. Maybe I was the lucky one

Single mum on universal credit feels ‘penalised’ because she can’t find work around childcare
Childcare

Single mum on universal credit feels ‘penalised’ because she can’t find work around childcare

Want to work wherever, whenever? Here’s what the new flexible working law means in practice
Flexible working

Want to work wherever, whenever? Here’s what the new flexible working law means in practice