Poverty
Water bills are going up in April 2025. Here’s what to do if you’re struggling to pay
Water bills are going up in April 2025. Here’s what to do if you’re struggling to pay
We’ve rounded up all the support available if you can’t afford to pay your water bills, as costs go up by more than the rate of inflation in April 2025
Social opportunity should take the place of social security
Social opportunity should take the place of social security
The government needs to be the biggest investor in new kinds of work. It must support this fight to turn a handout into a hand up
People in poverty feel disconnected from democracy. But it doesn’t have to be this way
People in poverty feel disconnected from democracy. But it doesn’t have to be this way
We tend to think that democracy happens every four or five years at the ballot box. What if we changed that? Carnegie UK’s Hannah Paylor explains how
DWP payment dates in April 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
DWP payment dates in April 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
DWP figures show two in five single parents are living in poverty: ‘It’s a terrible situation’
DWP figures show two in five single parents are living in poverty: ‘It’s a terrible situation’
Food banks aren’t the solution to poverty – especially when businesses use them to dump food waste
Food banks aren’t the solution to poverty – especially when businesses use them to dump food waste
Child poverty hits new record high – before Labour benefit cuts will push 50,000 more into hardship
Child poverty hits new record high – before Labour benefit cuts will push 50,000 more into hardship
250,000 people will be plunged into poverty by benefit cuts, DWP analysis reveals
250,000 people will be plunged into poverty by benefit cuts, DWP analysis reveals
‘People are scared’: Surge in helpline calls after Labour announces plans for benefit cuts
‘People are scared’: Surge in helpline calls after Labour announces plans for benefit cuts
It’s 15 years since the UK government promised to end child poverty. Time to revive that ambition
It’s 15 years since the UK government promised to end child poverty. Time to revive that ambition
‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’
‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’
Inside the Big Issue: Alison Hammond answers some Big Questions
Inside the Big Issue: Alison Hammond answers some Big Questions
Living on the edge: How to avoid falling into poverty amid rising costs
Living on the edge: How to avoid falling into poverty amid rising costs
Poor women without education least likely to recover from effects of Covid, study finds
Poor women without education least likely to recover from effects of Covid, study finds
Here’s how to make your voice heard against the DWP’s disability benefit cuts
Here’s how to make your voice heard against the DWP’s disability benefit cuts
Stanley Tucci, Stephen Fry, Rosie Jones and more hit out over benefit cuts: ‘It breaks my heart’
Stanley Tucci, Stephen Fry, Rosie Jones and more hit out over benefit cuts: ‘It breaks my heart’
DWP minister ‘regrets’ making disabled people feel anxious over benefit cuts
DWP minister ‘regrets’ making disabled people feel anxious over benefit cuts
40 years since it started, what’s the point of Comic Relief?
40 years since it started, what’s the point of Comic Relief?
I’m a disabled person claiming benefits – and I’ve lost all hope in the Labour government
I’m a disabled person claiming benefits – and I’ve lost all hope in the Labour government
End two-child limit on benefits to lift 600,000 kids out of poverty, Labour told: ‘We’re in a crisis’
End two-child limit on benefits to lift 600,000 kids out of poverty, Labour told: ‘We’re in a crisis’
Too many children with special educational needs are living in poverty. It’s a waste of public funds
Too many children with special educational needs are living in poverty. It’s a waste of public funds
Disabled and mentally ill people feel ‘broken and without hope’ over Labour’s plans for benefits
Disabled and mentally ill people feel ‘broken and without hope’ over Labour’s plans for benefits
‘Being alive is utterly exhausting’: How Covid forced people out of work and onto benefits
‘Being alive is utterly exhausting’: How Covid forced people out of work and onto benefits
DWP told to stop forcibly taking cash from benefit claimants to pay for its own mistakes
DWP told to stop forcibly taking cash from benefit claimants to pay for its own mistakes
Poorest Brits now worse off than poorest people in Slovenia, report finds – here’s why
