Poverty

Energy bill rise made me feel sick. I’d like Keir Starmer to try living in my bungalow when it’s cold
Energy bills

Energy bill rise made me feel sick. I’d like Keir Starmer to try living in my bungalow when it’s cold

Labour could replace two-child limit with a tapered system. Is it enough to tackle child poverty?
Child poverty

Labour could replace two-child limit with a tapered system. Is it enough to tackle child poverty?

The only way forward is to split the poverty atom
John Bird

The only way forward is to split the poverty atom

DWP payment dates in October 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month
Benefits

DWP payment dates in October 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month

I’m a single dad asking Keir Starmer and his government to do more to tackle child poverty
Jonny Roberts

I’m a single dad asking Keir Starmer and his government to do more to tackle child poverty

‘BritCard’ digital ID risks shutting millions of people out of everyday life
Chloe Coleman

‘BritCard’ digital ID risks shutting millions of people out of everyday life

Hunger is a political choice. Could a ‘Right to Food’ change everything?
Dr Regina Murphy Keith and Dr Sharon Noonan

Hunger is a political choice. Could a ‘Right to Food’ change everything?

Children in deprived areas of Scotland are three times more likely to die before their first birthday
Julie Cameron

Children in deprived areas of Scotland are three times more likely to die before their first birthday

I couldn’t afford to fix my broken bed. People in poverty like me need help with the essentials
Gloria Odhi

I couldn’t afford to fix my broken bed. People in poverty like me need help with the essentials

Two-child benefit cap is ‘punishing’ working families, Labour warned ahead of child poverty strategy
Child poverty

Two-child benefit cap is ‘punishing’ working families, Labour warned ahead of child poverty strategy

This ‘life-changing’ project is transforming the bedrooms of children living in poverty
Child poverty

This ‘life-changing’ project is transforming the bedrooms of children living in poverty

Happy birthday, Big Issue. Our work continues
John Bird

Happy birthday, Big Issue. Our work continues

Everyone thinks pensioners are rich. But I’m forced to choose between heating and eating
Pensioner poverty

Everyone thinks pensioners are rich. But I’m forced to choose between heating and eating

Single people must earn at least £30,500 per year to live well in the UK
Living standards

Single people must earn at least £30,500 per year to live well in the UK

Revealed: Millions of disabled people went to a food bank last year as Labour plotted benefit cuts
Food banks

Revealed: Millions of disabled people went to a food bank last year as Labour plotted benefit cuts

Therapists shouldn’t all be white and middle class. We need more from marginalised backgrounds
Andrea San Pedro-Lunn

Therapists shouldn’t all be white and middle class. We need more from marginalised backgrounds

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I have arthritis, incontinence and other chronic health conditions. The DWP didn’t think I needed PIP
Disability benefits

I have arthritis, incontinence and other chronic health conditions. The DWP didn’t think I needed PIP

My hiatus from work led to some new ideas around poverty prevention
John Bird

My hiatus from work led to some new ideas around poverty prevention

Millions of pupils missing school due to hygiene poverty: ‘We have reinvented a Victorian problem’
Hygiene poverty

Millions of pupils missing school due to hygiene poverty: ‘We have reinvented a Victorian problem’

‘I was homeless at 16’: DJ Charlie Sloth on rough sleeping and living in poverty as a young father
Homelessness

‘I was homeless at 16’: DJ Charlie Sloth on rough sleeping and living in poverty as a young father