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Cost of living crisis

Energy bills are rising this April. What do I do if I can't afford to pay?
energy bills
Cost of living crisis

Energy bills are rising this April. What do I do if I can't afford to pay?

Energy bills are are set to rise with Ofgem's new energy price cap. Here's everything you need to know, including where to get help if you can't afford to pay
Water bills are going up in April 2025. Here's what to do if you're struggling to pay
Cost of living crisis

Water bills are going up in April 2025. Here's what to do if you're struggling to pay

Donald Trump's import tariffs could 'completely destabilise' UK's car industry
Donald Trump

Donald Trump's import tariffs could 'completely destabilise' UK's car industry

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'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Food banks aren’t the solution to poverty – especially when businesses use them to dump food waste
Man looking through food bank basked
Carina Millstone

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

For those still dealing with a post-Covid debt hangover, financial resilience is vital
debt advice/ call
Vikki Brownridge

For those still dealing with a post-Covid debt hangover, financial resilience is vital

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

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

'People are scared': Surge in helpline calls after Labour announces plans for benefit cuts
a person looking scared on a phone call
Disability benefits

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

Cuts, taxes and Labour dissent: What to expect from the chancellor's Spring Statement
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Spring Statement

Cuts, taxes and Labour dissent: What to expect from the chancellor's Spring Statement

'Frustrated, angry, exhausted': Food banks forced to 'throw out food donated by supermarkets'
Food bank shelves
Food banks

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

Living on the edge: How to avoid falling into poverty amid rising costs
Stock image of bank notes and coins
Poverty line

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

Here's how to make your voice heard against the DWP's disability benefit cuts
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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'
Stephen Fry, Stanley Tucci and Rosie Jones are among those calling for Labour to scrap its plans for disability benefit cuts
Disability benefits

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

Labour's benefit cuts might only be worth the price tag of a Premier League striker – here's why
Disabled activists march on Euston Road to protest against legacy benefits decision
Arun Veerappan

Labour's benefit cuts might only be worth the price tag of a Premier League striker – here's why

40 years since it started, what's the point of Comic Relief?
Joanna Lumley and Amelia Dimoldenberg starred in a special sketch to launch Red Nose Day 2025. Image: by Daniel Loveday/Comic Relief
Samir Patel

40 years since it started, what's the point of Comic Relief?

Too many children with special educational needs are living in poverty. It's a waste of public funds
A group photo of Changing Realities after focused SEND meeting with Bridget Philipson on 13 March. Image: Supplied
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 asleep
Child poverty

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

DWP told to stop forcibly taking cash from benefit claimants to pay for its own mistakes
dwp offices
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP told to stop forcibly taking cash from benefit claimants to pay for its own mistakes

Poorest Brits now worse off than poorest people in Slovenia, report finds – here's why
houses of parliament
Cost of living

Poorest Brits now worse off than poorest people in Slovenia, report finds – here's why

One in four teachers spending own money to feed hungry pupils as parents struggle with costs
child eating food at lunch
Child poverty

One in four teachers spending own money to feed hungry pupils as parents struggle with costs

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Disability benefit cuts could plunge 700,000 households into poverty, Labour warned
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves
Disability benefits

Disability benefit cuts could plunge 700,000 households into poverty, Labour warned

Michael Sheen: 'Going on holiday doesn't matter to me as much as paying off 900 people's debts'
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Michael Sheen: 'Going on holiday doesn't matter to me as much as paying off 900 people's debts'

Millions of universal credit and disability benefit claimants turn to food banks: 'I'm terrified of cuts'
food banks
Food banks

Millions of universal credit and disability benefit claimants turn to food banks: 'I'm terrified of cuts'

DWP reveals new plans to get sick and disabled people into work ahead of benefit cuts
DWP minister Liz Kendall
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP reveals new plans to get sick and disabled people into work ahead of benefit cuts

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