Poverty

This year has offered children glimmers of hope – but 2025 must see tangible change
Lynn Perry

This year has offered children glimmers of hope – but 2025 must see tangible change

There’s no quick fix for single parent poverty but there is a clear first step – Labour must take it
Ruth Talbot

There’s no quick fix for single parent poverty but there is a clear first step – Labour must take it

Here’s how Labour can dismantle the hostile environment and end refugee homelessness in 2025
Bridget Young

Here’s how Labour can dismantle the hostile environment and end refugee homelessness in 2025

We all deserve more money. Let me prove why it’s time for universal basic income
Zack Polanski

We all deserve more money. Let me prove why it’s time for universal basic income

Food banks are a lifeline – but not the solution. There are better ways to tackle poverty in 2025
Helen Barnard

Food banks are a lifeline – but not the solution. There are better ways to tackle poverty in 2025

Nearly a third of people feel too ’embarrassed’ to seek support for their energy bills in the UK
Jessica Taplin

Nearly a third of people feel too ’embarrassed’ to seek support for their energy bills in the UK

Why branding Hastings ‘the Grinch capital of the UK’ is just plain poverty shaming
Laura Cooke

Why branding Hastings ‘the Grinch capital of the UK’ is just plain poverty shaming

Millions of pensioners in ‘desperate need’ lose winter fuel payment: ‘We fear what will happen’
Winter fuel payment

Millions of pensioners in ‘desperate need’ lose winter fuel payment: ‘We fear what will happen’

‘We all deserve magic’: Meet the teachers working to bring Christmas joy to children in poverty
Christmas

‘We all deserve magic’: Meet the teachers working to bring Christmas joy to children in poverty

Cashless Christmas is a gift for our vendors
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Cashless Christmas is a gift for our vendors

Keir Starmer shares powerful Christmas message: ‘I want every child to have the security I had’
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Keir Starmer shares powerful Christmas message: ‘I want every child to have the security I had’

Scotland’s move to abolish poverty by ending two-child benefit cap must inspire Westminster
Sabine Goodwin

Scotland’s move to abolish poverty by ending two-child benefit cap must inspire Westminster

‘I was really struggling’: Iceland expands interest-free loan scheme it says slashes food bank usage
Christmas

‘I was really struggling’: Iceland expands interest-free loan scheme it says slashes food bank usage

‘Poverty takes years off your life’: Men in Blackpool now have lowest life expectancy in Britain
Life expectancy

‘Poverty takes years off your life’: Men in Blackpool now have lowest life expectancy in Britain

TikTok star and teacher Shabaz Ali: ‘Kids should not be going without food in this country’
Child poverty

TikTok star and teacher Shabaz Ali: ‘Kids should not be going without food in this country’

Scotland is right to scrap the cruel two-child benefit cap. It’s now time for Labour to act
Ruth Patrick

Scotland is right to scrap the cruel two-child benefit cap. It’s now time for Labour to act

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It will take modern thinking to solve the age-old problem of rough sleeping
John Bird

It will take modern thinking to solve the age-old problem of rough sleeping

Ukrainian mum who fled war dreams of buying Christmas tree and presents for her children
Christmas

Ukrainian mum who fled war dreams of buying Christmas tree and presents for her children

We descended on Downing Street to demand an end to child poverty. This is what happened
Jo Barker-Marsh and Ruth Patrick

We descended on Downing Street to demand an end to child poverty. This is what happened

A strong benefits system is the sign of a healthy society – and essential to ending child poverty
Joseph Howes

A strong benefits system is the sign of a healthy society – and essential to ending child poverty