Money

Support for mortgage interest: Where to get help
Housing

Support for mortgage interest: Where to get help

The support for mortgage interest scheme helps UK homeowners struggling to cover interest payments – find out if you qualify

29 places where kids can eat free or for £1 in January 2025
Cost of living crisis

29 places where kids can eat free or for £1 in January 2025

Here are all of the places where kids can eat for free and cheap in January 2025, as families face tighter budgets following the Christmas period

DWP benefit payment dates in January 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year
Benefits

DWP benefit payment dates in January 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year

Here’s everything you need to know about the benefits and cost of living payments to expect from the DWP in January 2025

‘We can’t keep up’: Councils cutting services and facing bankruptcy over rising cost of social care
Social care

‘We can’t keep up’: Councils cutting services and facing bankruptcy over rising cost of social care

Surging rental prices are dwarfing inflation – and not enough people are talking about it
RENTING

Surging rental prices are dwarfing inflation – and not enough people are talking about it

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Applying for a budgeting loan: Everything you need to know
benefits

Applying for a budgeting loan: Everything you need to know

A penny off pints and higher wages: What Rachel Reeves’ budget means for you and your bank account
Autumn budget

A penny off pints and higher wages: What Rachel Reeves’ budget means for you and your bank account

How to live your best student life without breaking the bank. No, seriously
Student Life 2024

How to live your best student life without breaking the bank. No, seriously

Student Life 2024: Get your free student guide in this week’s Big Issue
Student Life 2024

Student Life 2024: Get your free student guide in this week’s Big Issue

We need urgent action to protect next generation from ‘inescapable’ gambling – now
Zoe Osmond

We need urgent action to protect next generation from ‘inescapable’ gambling – now

Home Office overspent on asylum by billions. Here’s how that money could’ve been used
A Modest Proposal

Home Office overspent on asylum by billions. Here’s how that money could’ve been used

Outcry after water companies say they can’t fix the sewage crisis without hiking bills: ‘Insulting’
Water bills

Outcry after water companies say they can’t fix the sewage crisis without hiking bills: ‘Insulting’

This is what happens if a university goes bust
Universities

This is what happens if a university goes bust

Interest rates have been cut for the first time in more than four years. What does it mean for you?
Bank of England

Interest rates have been cut for the first time in more than four years. What does it mean for you?

What does Britain’s £20bn ‘black hole’ mean for you and your money? Experts explain
Public finances

What does Britain’s £20bn ‘black hole’ mean for you and your money? Experts explain

I took out loans and maxed out credit cards to fund my gambling addiction. I ended up homeless
Gambling

I took out loans and maxed out credit cards to fund my gambling addiction. I ended up homeless

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

“When I hear Rachel Reeves say, ‘there isn’t any money’… we’re not morons. There is money. Take it. Mint it.” Rob Delaney on finding perspective in politics
Press Release

“When I hear Rachel Reeves say, ‘there isn’t any money’… we’re not morons. There is money. Take it. Mint it.” Rob Delaney on finding perspective in politics

‘It’s a scandal’: Outcry from Brits to nationalise water companies as bills set to rise – again
Water

‘It’s a scandal’: Outcry from Brits to nationalise water companies as bills set to rise – again

July 2024 DWP payment dates for benefits and pensions
Benefits

July 2024 DWP payment dates for benefits and pensions

June 2024 payment dates for DWP benefits – plus universal credit increase
Benefits

June 2024 payment dates for DWP benefits – plus universal credit increase

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Universal credit claimants lose more than £1bn a year to ‘automatic DWP deductions’
Department for Work and Pensions

Universal credit claimants lose more than £1bn a year to ‘automatic DWP deductions’

DWP snooping on benefit claimants’ bank accounts will ‘decimate civil liberties’, campaigners warn
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP snooping on benefit claimants’ bank accounts will ‘decimate civil liberties’, campaigners warn

Stigma of poverty is a ‘wicked social problem’, report warns – but it doesn’t have to be this way
Poverty

Stigma of poverty is a ‘wicked social problem’, report warns – but it doesn’t have to be this way

‘Don’t try to be Richard Branson’: TV pawnbroker Dan Hatfield shares top tips for making money
Money advice

‘Don’t try to be Richard Branson’: TV pawnbroker Dan Hatfield shares top tips for making money