Poverty

Hunger is a violation of our basic human rights – we should be outraged by UK’s food bank crisis
Alex Firth

Hunger is a violation of our basic human rights – we should be outraged by UK’s food bank crisis

‘Living is expensive’: DWP winter fuel cuts forcing pensioners to choose between heating and eating
Winter fuel payment

‘Living is expensive’: DWP winter fuel cuts forcing pensioners to choose between heating and eating

‘Dismay’ for disabled and vulnerable households as average annual energy bills to rise to £1,738
Energy bills

‘Dismay’ for disabled and vulnerable households as average annual energy bills to rise to £1,738

Winter fuel benefit cuts will send pensioners to hospital, DWP warned: ‘It’s a political choice’
Winter fuel payment

Winter fuel benefit cuts will send pensioners to hospital, DWP warned: ‘It’s a political choice’

Number of people turning to food banks is shocking – but it’s the tip of the hunger iceberg
Sabine Goodwin

Number of people turning to food banks is shocking – but it’s the tip of the hunger iceberg

Ghosts star Charlotte Ritchie: ‘It’s a tragedy people can’t afford their essentials’
Food banks

Ghosts star Charlotte Ritchie: ‘It’s a tragedy people can’t afford their essentials’

‘This cannot go on’: Hundreds of thousands of people turning to food banks for the first time
Food banks

‘This cannot go on’: Hundreds of thousands of people turning to food banks for the first time

DWP admits winter fuel payment cuts will plunge tens of thousands of pensioners into poverty
Winter fuel payment

DWP admits winter fuel payment cuts will plunge tens of thousands of pensioners into poverty

Energy bills set to rise in January as millions ‘dangerously’ rationing heating
Energy bills

Energy bills set to rise in January as millions ‘dangerously’ rationing heating

Balancing childcare and work is driving up poverty – especially for children with additional needs
Hannah Mackay-Christie, Leigh Elliott

Balancing childcare and work is driving up poverty – especially for children with additional needs

‘It can’t stay like this’: Meet the North East families fighting child poverty by themselves
Big Community

‘It can’t stay like this’: Meet the North East families fighting child poverty by themselves

Yes, I was rude, but 30 years of the same inaction on homelessness is exhausting 
John Bird

Yes, I was rude, but 30 years of the same inaction on homelessness is exhausting 

1 in 5 Brits say they’ve sofa surfed amid record levels of homelessness heading into Christmas
Homelessness

1 in 5 Brits say they’ve sofa surfed amid record levels of homelessness heading into Christmas

PIP is a lifeline for me as a disabled person. Here’s a great way to claim for the DWP benefit
Alicia Cartwright

PIP is a lifeline for me as a disabled person. Here’s a great way to claim for the DWP benefit

Big Issue recognised for ‘punchy, buccaneering swagger’ at prestigious journalism awards
Big Issue Success

Big Issue recognised for ‘punchy, buccaneering swagger’ at prestigious journalism awards

Applying for a budgeting loan: Everything you need to know
benefits

Applying for a budgeting loan: Everything you need to know

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Volunteering at a soup kitchen: how to volunteer and what to expect
volunteering

Volunteering at a soup kitchen: how to volunteer and what to expect

Types of homelessness: From rough sleeping to sofa surfing
homelessness

Types of homelessness: From rough sleeping to sofa surfing

Boris Johnson and David Cameron are not sticking knives into human beings. So what stops them?
John Bird

Boris Johnson and David Cameron are not sticking knives into human beings. So what stops them?

‘Where’s the compassion?’: Council refuses to give 11-year-old boy his father’s ashes after funeral
Funeral poverty

‘Where’s the compassion?’: Council refuses to give 11-year-old boy his father’s ashes after funeral