Poverty
The dehumanising narratives around benefits need to stop in 2026 – for all our sakes
The dehumanising narratives around benefits need to stop in 2026 – for all our sakes
Negative rhetoric around the welfare system can do lasting damage. Ruth Patrick, a professor at the University of Glasgow and a researcher who leads the Changing Realities programme, explains what needs to change in the new year
Energy bills to remain ‘stubbornly high’ in January: ‘Winter cruelly exposes the cost of a cold home’
Energy bills to remain ‘stubbornly high’ in January: ‘Winter cruelly exposes the cost of a cold home’
Here’s how much your bills are set to go up in January 2026, as the government is expected to set out its plan to ensure more people have warm homes
Gordon Brown: ‘This can’t go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable’
Gordon Brown: ‘This can’t go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable’
Former PM Gordon Brown and actor Arabella Weir talk multibanks and community
Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?
Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?
Labour’s child poverty strategy is a real step forward, but it can’t be the last word
Labour’s child poverty strategy is a real step forward, but it can’t be the last word
From family time to robot dogs: Children share hilarious and heartbreaking Christmas wishes
From family time to robot dogs: Children share hilarious and heartbreaking Christmas wishes
Labour’s £9.1bn inheritance tax raid is a missed opportunity to break the cycle of deprivation
Labour’s £9.1bn inheritance tax raid is a missed opportunity to break the cycle of deprivation
UK asylum system delays and inefficiencies found to be ‘wasting public funds’ and ‘harming lives’
UK asylum system delays and inefficiencies found to be ‘wasting public funds’ and ‘harming lives’
Minister pressed on universal credit and child poverty targets as Labour reveals youth strategy
Minister pressed on universal credit and child poverty targets as Labour reveals youth strategy
Benefits stigma is booming. Here are the key myths around the system – debunked
Benefits stigma is booming. Here are the key myths around the system – debunked
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt author Michael Rosen: ‘Life is harder for kids now than it was in 1989’
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt author Michael Rosen: ‘Life is harder for kids now than it was in 1989’
Every child deserves the chance to dream, learn and play – without poverty holding them back
Every child deserves the chance to dream, learn and play – without poverty holding them back
Half a million kids to be lifted out of poverty with Labour’s new strategy: ‘This is a moral mission’
Half a million kids to be lifted out of poverty with Labour’s new strategy: ‘This is a moral mission’
Parents helped with cost of baby formula as first details of child poverty strategy revealed
Parents helped with cost of baby formula as first details of child poverty strategy revealed
Scrapping the two-child limit was just the start. The child poverty strategy has to go further
Scrapping the two-child limit was just the start. The child poverty strategy has to go further
How scrapping the two-child benefit cap could stop divorcing families sliding into poverty
How scrapping the two-child benefit cap could stop divorcing families sliding into poverty
What could – and should – be in Labour’s long-awaited child poverty strategy?
What could – and should – be in Labour’s long-awaited child poverty strategy?
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt creators reunite to tell new, exclusive Christmas tale for Big Issue
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt creators reunite to tell new, exclusive Christmas tale for Big Issue
‘Benefits Street’ is a devastatingly low blow for children living in poverty in the UK
‘Benefits Street’ is a devastatingly low blow for children living in poverty in the UK
Reeves’ budget offers positive steps for those struggling with debts – but there’s still a way to go
Reeves’ budget offers positive steps for those struggling with debts – but there’s still a way to go
Reeves’ budget does nothing for families with disabled children like mine. I dread the future
Reeves’ budget does nothing for families with disabled children like mine. I dread the future
What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?
What does the end to the two-child limit on benefits mean for you?
‘Landmark moment’: Rachel Reeves scraps two-child limit to lift 350,000 kids out of poverty
‘Landmark moment’: Rachel Reeves scraps two-child limit to lift 350,000 kids out of poverty
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