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Dignified quality of life or gaslighting? Tories’ ‘triple lock plus’ pension pledge divides voters
General election 2024

Dignified quality of life or gaslighting? Tories’ ‘triple lock plus’ pension pledge divides voters

TSB Bank forced to change buy-to-let mortgage policy after renters’ furious sit-in protest
Renting

TSB Bank forced to change buy-to-let mortgage policy after renters’ furious sit-in protest

Benedict Cumberbatch warns history is repeating itself as street homelessness soars
Film

Benedict Cumberbatch warns history is repeating itself as street homelessness soars

‘Get a grip’ and act on reality, not prejudice, MP Liam Fox tells his Tory colleagues
Politics

‘Get a grip’ and act on reality, not prejudice, MP Liam Fox tells his Tory colleagues

Baroness Floella Benjamin on being Black on TV, Play School and giving hope to children in poverty
TV

Baroness Floella Benjamin on being Black on TV, Play School and giving hope to children in poverty

Beat the Streets music festival funds new homes for rough sleepers: ‘If we could do more, we would’
Homelessness

Beat the Streets music festival funds new homes for rough sleepers: ‘If we could do more, we would’

Energy bills are set to fall but UK families have already lost £72bn to ‘staggering’ prices
Energy bills

Energy bills are set to fall but UK families have already lost £72bn to ‘staggering’ prices

Poverty costs the UK billions each year. Politicians must commit to ending it this general election
General election 2024

Poverty costs the UK billions each year. Politicians must commit to ending it this general election

Scotland needs real-time rough sleeping count to save lives
homelessness

Scotland needs real-time rough sleeping count to save lives

‘More bad news for renters’: Rental crisis continues with steep rent rises despite inflation falling
RENTING

‘More bad news for renters’: Rental crisis continues with steep rent rises despite inflation falling

Labour promises wave of new towns if elected. But will they make a dent in UK’s housing crisis?
Housing

Labour promises wave of new towns if elected. But will they make a dent in UK’s housing crisis?

DWP ramps up AI use to ‘bring the future to the welfare system’ and push people into work
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP ramps up AI use to ‘bring the future to the welfare system’ and push people into work

Archbishop of Canterbury joins growing calls for end to ‘cruel’ and ‘immoral’ two-child benefit cap
Two-child benefit cap

Archbishop of Canterbury joins growing calls for end to ‘cruel’ and ‘immoral’ two-child benefit cap

‘Each brush tells a story of hope’: Homeless artist hosts exhibition to help himself off the streets
Homelessness

‘Each brush tells a story of hope’: Homeless artist hosts exhibition to help himself off the streets

Almost no recorded cases of disability benefit fraud despite DWP crackdown: ‘PIP fraud is a non-issue’
Disability benefits

Almost no recorded cases of disability benefit fraud despite DWP crackdown: ‘PIP fraud is a non-issue’

Over 90,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them
RENTING

Over 90,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them

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DWP sparks outcry with plan to hire 2,500 ‘agents’ to investigate universal credit claimants
Benefit fraud

DWP sparks outcry with plan to hire 2,500 ‘agents’ to investigate universal credit claimants

“I knew I was miserable but to say I’d rather be dead? It hurts me that my younger self didn’t see a future.” Actor Liz Carr’s lightbulb moment that changed her life
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“I knew I was miserable but to say I’d rather be dead? It hurts me that my younger self didn’t see a future.” Actor Liz Carr’s lightbulb moment that changed her life

Big Issue Group supporting 10% more people to earn and work as UK poverty crisis deepens
Press Release

Big Issue Group supporting 10% more people to earn and work as UK poverty crisis deepens

Universal credit changes risk pushing vulnerable benefit claimants ‘into crisis’, DWP warned
Universal credit

Universal credit changes risk pushing vulnerable benefit claimants ‘into crisis’, DWP warned