Poverty

Where to get help as cost of living payments come to an end
Cost of living crisis

Where to get help as cost of living payments come to an end

Beats Bus: How a Hull group is using hip-hop to fight poverty and protect young people from gangs
Community activism

Beats Bus: How a Hull group is using hip-hop to fight poverty and protect young people from gangs

Disabled benefit claimants recall ‘cruel and traumatic’ DWP video assessments: ‘It’s no way to live’
DWP

Disabled benefit claimants recall ‘cruel and traumatic’ DWP video assessments: ‘It’s no way to live’

Children forced to sleep on floors as parents skip meals due to cost of living – something has to give
Child poverty

Children forced to sleep on floors as parents skip meals due to cost of living – something has to give

‘Mummy can’t afford it’: Families worry about coping as DWP cost of living payments come to an end
Cost of living

‘Mummy can’t afford it’: Families worry about coping as DWP cost of living payments come to an end

Cost of living crisis sees more and more children seeking mental health help: ‘I feel like a burden’
Mental health

Cost of living crisis sees more and more children seeking mental health help: ‘I feel like a burden’

‘We’re punished for being different’: Black girls excluded from school at double rate of white pupils
Education

‘We’re punished for being different’: Black girls excluded from school at double rate of white pupils

UK is ‘failing’ children as death rates rise, poverty surges and health declines at ‘alarming’ rate
Child poverty

UK is ‘failing’ children as death rates rise, poverty surges and health declines at ‘alarming’ rate

‘I have nothing’: DWP takes millions from benefit claimants every year to pay for its own mistakes
Benefits

‘I have nothing’: DWP takes millions from benefit claimants every year to pay for its own mistakes

21 million Brits are struggling to pay bills: ‘People will go cold, hungry and lose their homes’
Cost of living crisis

21 million Brits are struggling to pay bills: ‘People will go cold, hungry and lose their homes’

John Bird: Birthday reflections conjure hopeful feelings
John Bird

John Bird: Birthday reflections conjure hopeful feelings

DWP benefits and cost of living payment dates to expect in February 2024
Benefits

DWP benefits and cost of living payment dates to expect in February 2024

Millions in UK need to double their income to escape poverty – but change is possible. Here’s how
Paul Kissack

Millions in UK need to double their income to escape poverty – but change is possible. Here’s how

UK poverty: The facts, effects and solutions in the cost of living crisis
Poverty

UK poverty: The facts, effects and solutions in the cost of living crisis

It’s 20 years and six prime ministers since UK last saw a sustained fall in poverty. Yes, really
Poverty

It’s 20 years and six prime ministers since UK last saw a sustained fall in poverty. Yes, really

Brits are £10,000 poorer now than in 2010, study finds: ‘Everywhere has been levelled down’
Poverty

Brits are £10,000 poorer now than in 2010, study finds: ‘Everywhere has been levelled down’

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Mum fears telling DWP she’s pregnant due to ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap: ‘Bills are just too much’
Benefits

Mum fears telling DWP she’s pregnant due to ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap: ‘Bills are just too much’

Healthy life expectancy in Liverpool is just 58: Most deprived areas of UK need better healthcare
Health

Healthy life expectancy in Liverpool is just 58: Most deprived areas of UK need better healthcare

Wealth of world’s five richest men doubles as five billion people get poorer: ‘It’s not democratic’
Wealth tax

Wealth of world’s five richest men doubles as five billion people get poorer: ‘It’s not democratic’

DWP could deny benefits to hundreds of thousands of disabled and ill people under new plans
Disability benefits

DWP could deny benefits to hundreds of thousands of disabled and ill people under new plans