Poverty

‘A national scandal’: High court rejects appeal to keep disability benefits in line with universal credit
welfare system

‘A national scandal’: High court rejects appeal to keep disability benefits in line with universal credit

Benefit claimants suspected of ‘wrong-doing and deceit’ when trying to access government support, says study
welfare system

Benefit claimants suspected of ‘wrong-doing and deceit’ when trying to access government support, says study

Energy price cap rise marks start of ‘living standards catastrophe’ for UK’s poorest people
cost of living crisis

Energy price cap rise marks start of ‘living standards catastrophe’ for UK’s poorest people

This week’s energy price rise is largest ‘since records began’
cost of living

This week’s energy price rise is largest ‘since records began’

The cost of living crisis is forcing people to work multiple jobs to make ends meet
Cost of Living Crisis

The cost of living crisis is forcing people to work multiple jobs to make ends meet

You could be £1,100 a year worse off from Friday in cost of living surge
cost of living crisis

You could be £1,100 a year worse off from Friday in cost of living surge

Sunak ‘made political choice to plunge 1.3 million people into poverty’, chancellor told
cost of living crisis

Sunak ‘made political choice to plunge 1.3 million people into poverty’, chancellor told

Food banks forced to ration parcels and dip into cash reserves as donations drop
Food banks

Food banks forced to ration parcels and dip into cash reserves as donations drop

Spring Budget: Sunak’s statement ‘won’t touch the sides’ for single parents
Spring Budget

Spring Budget: Sunak’s statement ‘won’t touch the sides’ for single parents

Spring Budget will leave low-income families ‘stranded,’ say anti-poverty campaigners
Spring Budget

Spring Budget will leave low-income families ‘stranded,’ say anti-poverty campaigners

Campaigners head to Downing Street to demand ‘unjust’ benefit cap is scrapped in Budget
Spring Budget

Campaigners head to Downing Street to demand ‘unjust’ benefit cap is scrapped in Budget

Met Police drop court case against woman for begging after legal challenge
Homelessness

Met Police drop court case against woman for begging after legal challenge

Skint: the BBC’s new series of monologues are informed by lived experience of poverty
TV

Skint: the BBC’s new series of monologues are informed by lived experience of poverty

This week’s Big TV Picks: Skint, Then Barbara Met Alan and Top Boy
Big TV Picks

This week’s Big TV Picks: Skint, Then Barbara Met Alan and Top Boy

‘Some children haven’t learnt to crawl’: New report reveals impact of pandemic on society
Covid-19

‘Some children haven’t learnt to crawl’: New report reveals impact of pandemic on society

‘The impact could be fatal’: Jack Monroe urges MPs to support families amid cost of living crisis
cost of living crisis

‘The impact could be fatal’: Jack Monroe urges MPs to support families amid cost of living crisis

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Exclusive: You can’t get a job if you can’t afford the internet, say 9 in 10 Brits
digital inclusion

Exclusive: You can’t get a job if you can’t afford the internet, say 9 in 10 Brits

‘Heartbreaking’ reports from food bank users show mental health impact of poverty
Food banks

‘Heartbreaking’ reports from food bank users show mental health impact of poverty

School life leaves children in poverty feeling ‘embarrassed and excluded’
child poverty

School life leaves children in poverty feeling ‘embarrassed and excluded’

‘It’s a basic human dignity’: Asylum seekers could soon be allowed to work in the UK
asylum system

‘It’s a basic human dignity’: Asylum seekers could soon be allowed to work in the UK