Poverty

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’

Prices rise at highest rate in months: ‘Families are still struggling with the cost of living’
Inflation

Prices rise at highest rate in months: ‘Families are still struggling with the cost of living’

‘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

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

Two-child benefit cap to be scrapped in Scotland as Labour challenged to ‘step up’ and follow suit
Two-child benefit cap

Two-child benefit cap to be scrapped in Scotland as Labour challenged to ‘step up’ and follow suit

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

Labour must ‘immediately’ scrap two-child benefit cap if it wants to end child poverty, charities say
Child poverty

Labour must ‘immediately’ scrap two-child benefit cap if it wants to end child poverty, charities say

Meet the tireless volunteers making sure children in poverty have a Christmas to remember
Christmas toy appeals

Meet the tireless volunteers making sure children in poverty have a Christmas to remember

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‘Get Britain Working’ risks becoming empty words without urgent reforms to the benefits system
Anela Anwar

‘Get Britain Working’ risks becoming empty words without urgent reforms to the benefits system

Get Britain Working: What are Labour’s plans for the DWP, benefits and employment support?
Department for Work and Pensions

Get Britain Working: What are Labour’s plans for the DWP, benefits and employment support?

Benefit claimants need enough money to buy food if Labour wants to ‘get Britain working again’
Benefits

Benefit claimants need enough money to buy food if Labour wants to ‘get Britain working again’

Here’s how to donate to a food bank near you this winter
Food banks

Here’s how to donate to a food bank near you this winter