Poverty

Suella Braverman’s ‘lifestyle choice’ claim on homelessness is cavalier, wrong and straight-up ignorant
John Bird

Suella Braverman’s ‘lifestyle choice’ claim on homelessness is cavalier, wrong and straight-up ignorant

Disabled nurse ‘feels guilty being alive’ as her family struggles with devastating cost of living
Cost of living crisis

Disabled nurse ‘feels guilty being alive’ as her family struggles with devastating cost of living

UK shamelessly axes bankers’ bonus cap as more than one million children experience destitution
Fair pay

UK shamelessly axes bankers’ bonus cap as more than one million children experience destitution

Conversion therapy and rental reform: Key policies activists want to see at heart of King’s Speech
King's Speech

Conversion therapy and rental reform: Key policies activists want to see at heart of King’s Speech

AI may be coming for your job – but there is hope, experts insist: ‘We have a choice’
Artificial Intelligence

AI may be coming for your job – but there is hope, experts insist: ‘We have a choice’

Cost of living: Man says he eats less and feels like a ‘failure’ due to benefits not covering essentials
Cost of living crisis

Cost of living: Man says he eats less and feels like a ‘failure’ due to benefits not covering essentials

Millions of Brits considering suicide due to cost of living crisis, report finds
Cost of living crisis

Millions of Brits considering suicide due to cost of living crisis, report finds

Young woman says she ‘unravelled’ when cost of living meant she couldn’t keep herself clean
Cost of living crisis

Young woman says she ‘unravelled’ when cost of living meant she couldn’t keep herself clean

Child poverty in the UK: Latest figures as more plunged into destitution amid cost of living crisis
Child poverty

Child poverty in the UK: Latest figures as more plunged into destitution amid cost of living crisis

One million UK children experienced ‘horrifying levels of destitution’ last year, study finds
Child poverty

One million UK children experienced ‘horrifying levels of destitution’ last year, study finds

Food banks are being forced to ration supplies. We can’t sustain this level of poverty for much longer
Sabine Goodwin

Food banks are being forced to ration supplies. We can’t sustain this level of poverty for much longer

Real Living Wage rises to £12 an hour amid crippling cost of living crisis
Living wage

Real Living Wage rises to £12 an hour amid crippling cost of living crisis

Young woman estranged from family recalls fight for survival amid cost of living crisis: ‘I was scared’
Cost of living crisis

Young woman estranged from family recalls fight for survival amid cost of living crisis: ‘I was scared’

Tory by-election candidate blasted over post telling jobless, struggling parents to ‘f**k off’
Conservative Party

Tory by-election candidate blasted over post telling jobless, struggling parents to ‘f**k off’

Food banks brace for ‘worst winter yet’ as record numbers need help amid cost of living crisis
Food banks

Food banks brace for ‘worst winter yet’ as record numbers need help amid cost of living crisis

Disabled people twice as likely to face debt amid cost of living crisis: ‘The system is broken’
Cost of living crisis

Disabled people twice as likely to face debt amid cost of living crisis: ‘The system is broken’

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Tories and Labour need to stop slinging mud and urgently commit to a new Ministry of Poverty
John Bird

Tories and Labour need to stop slinging mud and urgently commit to a new Ministry of Poverty

Yet another beggar banned from asking for money. Does legal action really tackle the problem?
Begging

Yet another beggar banned from asking for money. Does legal action really tackle the problem?

Households could be paid to turn down their heating amid surging energy bills
Energy bills

Households could be paid to turn down their heating amid surging energy bills

Artist Sarah Lucas on tits, making something out of nothing and ‘living in quite terrible times’
Art

Artist Sarah Lucas on tits, making something out of nothing and ‘living in quite terrible times’