Poverty

Applying for a budgeting loan: Everything you need to know
benefits

Applying for a budgeting loan: Everything you need to know

How and when to claim unemployment benefits
benefits

How and when to claim unemployment benefits

Volunteering at a soup kitchen: how to volunteer and what to expect
volunteering

Volunteering at a soup kitchen: how to volunteer and what to expect

Types of homelessness: From rough sleeping to sofa surfing
homelessness

Types of homelessness: From rough sleeping to sofa surfing

Boris Johnson and David Cameron are not sticking knives into human beings. So what stops them?
John Bird

Boris Johnson and David Cameron are not sticking knives into human beings. So what stops them?

‘Where’s the compassion?’: Council refuses to give 11-year-old boy his father’s ashes after funeral
Funeral poverty

‘Where’s the compassion?’: Council refuses to give 11-year-old boy his father’s ashes after funeral

‘Back to cost of living crisis’: Households will be £770 worse off by next UK election, experts say
Cost of living crisis

‘Back to cost of living crisis’: Households will be £770 worse off by next UK election, experts say

Lord John Bird reacts to Labour’s first budget in 14 years
Press Release

Lord John Bird reacts to Labour’s first budget in 14 years

Benefit changes, universal credit and crackdown on fraud: How Labour’s budget impacts benefits
Autumn budget

Benefit changes, universal credit and crackdown on fraud: How Labour’s budget impacts benefits

‘We want a society that works for everyone’: These millionaires want Rachel Reeves to tax them more
Wealth tax

‘We want a society that works for everyone’: These millionaires want Rachel Reeves to tax them more

‘This will be costly’: Fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support over pension credit backlog
Winter fuel payment

‘This will be costly’: Fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support over pension credit backlog

Stop stigmatising benefits claimants or thousands will stay trapped in poverty, Rachel Reeves told
Benefits

Stop stigmatising benefits claimants or thousands will stay trapped in poverty, Rachel Reeves told

This budget must ensure everyone has enough income to meet the basic needs of life
Vikki Brownridge

This budget must ensure everyone has enough income to meet the basic needs of life

‘We’re extremely nervous’: Here’s what Labour’s autumn budget might mean for benefit claimants
Autumn budget

‘We’re extremely nervous’: Here’s what Labour’s autumn budget might mean for benefit claimants

This cruel quirk in the benefits system is making young people homeless – but Labour can fix it
Balbir Kaur Chatrik

This cruel quirk in the benefits system is making young people homeless – but Labour can fix it

What is bedroom tax and how does it affect your benefits?
social housing

What is bedroom tax and how does it affect your benefits?

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Universal credit top up of just £25 per week would ‘benefit whole of society’, study finds
Universal credit

Universal credit top up of just £25 per week would ‘benefit whole of society’, study finds

Children in poverty are missing out on memories in the school holidays. We want to change that
Emma Revie and Nick Merriman

Children in poverty are missing out on memories in the school holidays. We want to change that

The human cost of years of DWP and benefits reforms must not be ignored in Labour’s budget
Amanda Light

The human cost of years of DWP and benefits reforms must not be ignored in Labour’s budget

‘We’re the forgotten ones’: Labour budget must not ignore ‘broken’ social care system, families say
Social care

‘We’re the forgotten ones’: Labour budget must not ignore ‘broken’ social care system, families say