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Unemployment has risen while pay growth slows as experts warn of ‘cooling’ jobs market
Employment

Unemployment has risen while pay growth slows as experts warn of ‘cooling’ jobs market

Big Issue founder storms out of ‘farce’ rough sleeping inquiry: ‘I’ve heard this for 30 years’
Homelessness

Big Issue founder storms out of ‘farce’ rough sleeping inquiry: ‘I’ve heard this for 30 years’

Warm home discount loophole means pensioners on benefits could miss out on £150 of help
Energy bills

Warm home discount loophole means pensioners on benefits could miss out on £150 of help

Starmer pledges £3.5m to help homeless veterans ahead of Remembrance Day: ‘We pay solemn tribute’
Homelessness

Starmer pledges £3.5m to help homeless veterans ahead of Remembrance Day: ‘We pay solemn tribute’

Children in temporary housing want a home – not an Xbox – for Christmas, MPs told
homelessness

Children in temporary housing want a home – not an Xbox – for Christmas, MPs told

Ending post-Grenfell cladding crisis could take until 2035 and beyond: ‘Unacceptably slow’
Cladding crisis

Ending post-Grenfell cladding crisis could take until 2035 and beyond: ‘Unacceptably slow’

We’ve given 50,000 haircuts to homeless people – here’s how a simple trim can change everything
Homelessness

We’ve given 50,000 haircuts to homeless people – here’s how a simple trim can change everything

Homeless families occupy council housing offices on Halloween in plea to fix ‘houses of horror’
Homelessness

Homeless families occupy council housing offices on Halloween in plea to fix ‘houses of horror’

‘Back to cost of living crisis’: Households will be £770 worse off by next UK election, experts say
Cost of living crisis

‘Back to cost of living crisis’: Households will be £770 worse off by next UK election, experts say

‘It should incense us all’: Rough sleeping in London hits new record high
Rough sleeping

‘It should incense us all’: Rough sleeping in London hits new record high

‘Where will it stop?’: DWP to get ‘direct access to bank accounts’ in benefit fraud crackdown
Benefit fraud

‘Where will it stop?’: DWP to get ‘direct access to bank accounts’ in benefit fraud crackdown

‘Disturbing’ disability benefit reforms in Labour’s budget could see hundreds of thousands denied help
Autumn budget

‘Disturbing’ disability benefit reforms in Labour’s budget could see hundreds of thousands denied help

Benefit changes, universal credit and crackdown on fraud: How Labour’s budget impacts benefits
Autumn budget

Benefit changes, universal credit and crackdown on fraud: How Labour’s budget impacts benefits

‘This will be costly’: Fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support over pension credit backlog
Winter fuel payment

‘This will be costly’: Fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support over pension credit backlog

Stop stigmatising benefits claimants or thousands will stay trapped in poverty, Rachel Reeves told
Benefits

Stop stigmatising benefits claimants or thousands will stay trapped in poverty, Rachel Reeves told

Universal credit top up of just £25 per week would ‘benefit whole of society’, study finds
Universal credit

Universal credit top up of just £25 per week would ‘benefit whole of society’, study finds

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‘We’re the forgotten ones’: Labour budget must not ignore ‘broken’ social care system, families say
Social care

‘We’re the forgotten ones’: Labour budget must not ignore ‘broken’ social care system, families say

‘We’re stepping in to help kids eat’: Schools forced to dip into their own budgets to feed pupils
Child poverty

‘We’re stepping in to help kids eat’: Schools forced to dip into their own budgets to feed pupils

Universal credit is not enough for single parents like me – I’m relying on food banks to survive
Universal credit

Universal credit is not enough for single parents like me – I’m relying on food banks to survive

Government is ‘excluding’ disadvantaged kids from free childcare. It could trap them in poverty
Free childcare

Government is ‘excluding’ disadvantaged kids from free childcare. It could trap them in poverty