Poverty

Social opportunity should take the place of social security 
John Bird

Social opportunity should take the place of social security 

People in poverty feel disconnected from democracy. But it doesn’t have to be this way
Hannah Paylor

People in poverty feel disconnected from democracy. But it doesn’t have to be this way

DWP payment dates in April 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
Benefits

DWP payment dates in April 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

DWP figures show two in five single parents are living in poverty: ‘It’s a terrible situation’
Ruth Talbot

DWP figures show two in five single parents are living in poverty: ‘It’s a terrible situation’

Food banks aren’t the solution to poverty – especially when businesses use them to dump food waste
Carina Millstone

Food banks aren’t the solution to poverty – especially when businesses use them to dump food waste

Child poverty hits new record high – before Labour benefit cuts will push 50,000 more into hardship
Child poverty

Child poverty hits new record high – before Labour benefit cuts will push 50,000 more into hardship

250,000 people will be plunged into poverty by benefit cuts, DWP analysis reveals
Disability benefits

250,000 people will be plunged into poverty by benefit cuts, DWP analysis reveals

‘People are scared’: Surge in helpline calls after Labour announces plans for benefit cuts
Disability benefits

‘People are scared’: Surge in helpline calls after Labour announces plans for benefit cuts

‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’
Food banks

‘Frustrated, angry, exhausted’: Food banks forced to ‘throw out food donated by supermarkets’

Inside the Big Issue: Alison Hammond answers some Big Questions
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Alison Hammond answers some Big Questions

Living on the edge: How to avoid falling into poverty amid rising costs
Poverty line

Living on the edge: How to avoid falling into poverty amid rising costs

Labour’s rushed cuts to benefits will see severely disabled people plunged into deep poverty
Anela Anwar

Labour’s rushed cuts to benefits will see severely disabled people plunged into deep poverty

Poor women without education least likely to recover from effects of Covid, study finds
Five years since the pandemic

Poor women without education least likely to recover from effects of Covid, study finds

Here’s how to make your voice heard against the DWP’s disability benefit cuts
Disability benefits

Here’s how to make your voice heard against the DWP’s disability benefit cuts

Stanley Tucci, Stephen Fry, Rosie Jones and more hit out over benefit cuts: ‘It breaks my heart’
Disability benefits

Stanley Tucci, Stephen Fry, Rosie Jones and more hit out over benefit cuts: ‘It breaks my heart’

DWP minister ‘regrets’ making disabled people feel anxious over benefit cuts
Disability benefits

DWP minister ‘regrets’ making disabled people feel anxious over benefit cuts

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I’m a disabled person claiming benefits – and I’ve lost all hope in the Labour government
Arjan

I’m a disabled person claiming benefits – and I’ve lost all hope in the Labour government

End two-child limit on benefits to lift 600,000 kids out of poverty, Labour told: ‘We’re in a crisis’
Child poverty

End two-child limit on benefits to lift 600,000 kids out of poverty, Labour told: ‘We’re in a crisis’

Too many children with special educational needs are living in poverty. It’s a waste of public funds
Joanne Barker-Marsh

Too many children with special educational needs are living in poverty. It’s a waste of public funds

Over 85,000 children in Britain living in extreme poverty: ‘There’s a sense of hopelessness’
Child poverty

Over 85,000 children in Britain living in extreme poverty: ‘There’s a sense of hopelessness’