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

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’

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

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

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

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 forced to ration parcels and dip into cash reserves as donations drop
Families denied welfare due to immigration rules can now apply for free school meals

Families denied welfare due to immigration rules can now apply for free school meals
Spring Budget: Sunak’s statement ‘won’t touch the sides’ for single parents

Spring Budget: Sunak’s statement ‘won’t touch the sides’ for single parents
Campaigners head to Downing Street to demand ‘unjust’ benefit cap is scrapped in 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

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

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

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

‘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

‘The impact could be fatal’: Jack Monroe urges MPs to support families amid cost of living crisis
Brits are facing the biggest drop in real-terms income since the 1970s

Brits are facing the biggest drop in real-terms income since the 1970s
Exclusive: You can’t get a job if you can’t afford the internet, say 9 in 10 Brits

Exclusive: You can’t get a job if you can’t afford the internet, say 9 in 10 Brits
School life leaves children in poverty feeling ‘embarrassed and excluded’

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

‘It’s a basic human dignity’: Asylum seekers could soon be allowed to work in the UK
Brits told to brace for ‘cost of living crisis driven by war’ as violence unfolds in Ukraine

Brits told to brace for ‘cost of living crisis driven by war’ as violence unfolds in Ukraine
Nine million families will be £500 worse off from April
