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This budget must ensure everyone has enough income to meet the basic needs of life
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves standing at a podium giving a speech
Vikki Brownridge

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

Financial stress affects one in four in the UK. StepChange CEO Vikki Brownridge explores how the upcoming budget offer relief
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

Health inequality starts in childhood. When will the national debate reflect that?
A small child's hand holds an adult's finger
Rachael McKeown

Health inequality starts in childhood. When will the national debate reflect that?

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

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Rachel Reeves should see that ending poverty is fiscally responsible. Here's why
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John Bird

Rachel Reeves should see that ending poverty is fiscally responsible. Here's why

DWP minister: 'Disability pay gap marks a decade of lost potential for disabled people'
Disability sign/ DWP PIP can help people with disabilities or illness pay for extra costs
Stephen Timms

DWP minister: 'Disability pay gap marks a decade of lost potential for disabled people'

Hunger and broken shoes: Why we need a more compassionate approach to council tax debt collection
debt worries
Emily Whitford

Hunger and broken shoes: Why we need a more compassionate approach to council tax debt collection

Mental health impact of debt and cost of living must stop being overlooked
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Julie Bentley

Mental health impact of debt and cost of living must stop being overlooked

Reasons for keeping two-child benefit cap are thin at best and cruel at worst – Labour must lift it
Adult holding a child's hand in front of a pond. child poverty
Vikki Brownridge

Reasons for keeping two-child benefit cap are thin at best and cruel at worst – Labour must lift it

This is the first thing I would do to finally end poverty
John Bird

This is the first thing I would do to finally end poverty

'My son lives without any joy': How DWP's two-child benefit limit is punishing children in crisis
Keir Starmer during a Sky Sports interview at Emirates Stadium
Joseph Howes

'My son lives without any joy': How DWP's two-child benefit limit is punishing children in crisis

Rachel Reeves must put money where her mouth is and end austerity's grip on women in autumn budget
Ignacia Pinto

Rachel Reeves must put money where her mouth is and end austerity's grip on women in autumn budget

Universal credit is failing with millions relying on food banks – we need urgent reform now
Helen Barnard

Universal credit is failing with millions relying on food banks – we need urgent reform now

Why the natural human failure of imagination stops us from relieving children's suffering
Helen Minnis

Why the natural human failure of imagination stops us from relieving children's suffering

The tinderbox of poverty continues to spark social unrest
John Bird

The tinderbox of poverty continues to spark social unrest

We need urgent action to protect next generation from 'inescapable' gambling – now
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Zoe Osmond

We need urgent action to protect next generation from 'inescapable' gambling – now

DWP extending hardship fund is welcome – but we need concrete, rapid actions to end poverty crisis
Stock image of bank notes with pound coins
Sabine Goodwin

DWP extending hardship fund is welcome – but we need concrete, rapid actions to end poverty crisis

How the crisis of affordable credit is endangering the UK's most vulnerable
Household debt
Virraj Jatania

How the crisis of affordable credit is endangering the UK's most vulnerable

Tony Blair thinks the DWP could be automated by AI. Here's why that's so dangerous
Former prime minister Tony Blair
Susannah Copson

Tony Blair thinks the DWP could be automated by AI. Here's why that's so dangerous

Government must put things right and lift two-child benefit cap in Autumn Budget, says Labour MP
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Kim Johnson

Government must put things right and lift two-child benefit cap in Autumn Budget, says Labour MP

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No more sticking plasters when it comes to ending poverty 
John Bird

No more sticking plasters when it comes to ending poverty 

As a single mum to three children, the two-child benefit cap reminds me that society judges me
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Ruth Talbot

As a single mum to three children, the two-child benefit cap reminds me that society judges me

Some people choose between food and paying bills. Labour must consider them when making decisions
keir starmer
Tracey Herrington

Some people choose between food and paying bills. Labour must consider them when making decisions

How can we solve the UK's debt problem?
Cost of living crisis/ Image of a piggy bank
Vikki Brownridge

How can we solve the UK's debt problem?