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World will soon see first trillionaires as wealth of billionaires yet again on the rise: ‘Obscene’
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Trillionaires

World will soon see first trillionaires as wealth of billionaires yet again on the rise: ‘Obscene’

Some millionaires and billionaires are calling on the UK and other governments to do the right thing by taxing wealth and income from wealth
Disability benefits cuts would be ‘devastating’ and ‘increase absolute poverty’, Labour warned
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Disability benefits

Disability benefits cuts would be ‘devastating’ and ‘increase absolute poverty’, Labour warned

Labour doubles down on slashing billions from DWP’s disability benefits bill
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Disability benefits

Labour doubles down on slashing billions from DWP’s disability benefits bill

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DWP’s ‘misleading and unfair’ consultation on disability benefit reforms unlawful, High Court rules
Disability benefits

DWP’s ‘misleading and unfair’ consultation on disability benefit reforms unlawful, High Court rules

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?
Cost of living crisis

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?

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Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?
Cost of living crisis

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?

‘I’ve never been able to afford more than one skirt’: Labour’s school uniform plan sparks fierce debate
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School uniform

‘I’ve never been able to afford more than one skirt’: Labour’s school uniform plan sparks fierce debate

Retailers warn there’s ‘little hope of prices going anywhere but up’ – while they make huge profits
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Cost of living crisis

Retailers warn there’s ‘little hope of prices going anywhere but up’ – while they make huge profits

More than half of Brits think there’ll always be significant levels of homelessness
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Homelessness

More than half of Brits think there’ll always be significant levels of homelessness

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DWP benefit payment dates in January 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year
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Benefits

DWP benefit payment dates in January 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year

Warm home discount: Am I eligible and how can I apply?
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Cost of living crisis

Warm home discount: Am I eligible and how can I apply?

Here’s how to donate to a food bank near you this winter
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Food banks

Here’s how to donate to a food bank near you this winter

What is a warm bank? The places you can go to get warm this winter
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Cost of living crisis

What is a warm bank? The places you can go to get warm this winter

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Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?
Cost of living crisis

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?

Disability benefit reforms and universal credit rise: All the DWP benefit changes to expect in 2025
DWP secretary Liz Kendall on the left and Keir Starmer on the right chatting with pensioners
Department for Work and Pensions

Disability benefit reforms and universal credit rise: All the DWP benefit changes to expect in 2025

DWP benefit payment dates in January 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year
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Benefits

DWP benefit payment dates in January 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year

Fuel poverty in the UK: Why can’t people pay their energy bills?
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Cost of living crisis

Fuel poverty in the UK: Why can’t people pay their energy bills?

Food banks

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How do we keep hope alive in 2025 when so many people are going hungry?
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Sabine Goodwin

How do we keep hope alive in 2025 when so many people are going hungry?

Food banks are a lifeline – but not the solution. There are better ways to tackle poverty in 2025
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Helen Barnard

Food banks are a lifeline – but not the solution. There are better ways to tackle poverty in 2025

‘I was really struggling’: Iceland expands interest-free loan scheme it says slashes food bank usage
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‘I was really struggling’: Iceland expands interest-free loan scheme it says slashes food bank usage

How to volunteer at a food bank
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Food banks

How to volunteer at a food bank

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‘I didn’t see a future’: Trans veteran forced to hide true self for decades under armed forces ‘gay ban’
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LGBTQ+ veterans

‘I didn’t see a future’: Trans veteran forced to hide true self for decades under armed forces ‘gay ban’

Women are being sent to prison in UK for self-defence or being coerced: ‘I lost everything’
Woman in prison
Criminal justice

Women are being sent to prison in UK for self-defence or being coerced: ‘I lost everything’

Olympic boxer Cindy Ngamba: ‘I want to show the world that refugees can do anything’
Refugee boxer Cindy Ngamba
Sport

Olympic boxer Cindy Ngamba: ‘I want to show the world that refugees can do anything’

Ghosts star Charlotte Ritchie: ‘It’s a tragedy people can’t afford their essentials’
Charlotte Ritchie at Trussell food bank
Food banks

Ghosts star Charlotte Ritchie: ‘It’s a tragedy people can’t afford their essentials’