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

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

Here's everything you need to know about the benefits and cost of living payments to expect from the DWP in March 2025
DWP benefit payment dates in February 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year
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Benefits

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

Blue Monday: The truth behind the so-called 'most depressing day of the year'
Blue Monday Fact/Fiction
Mental health

Blue Monday: The truth behind the so-called 'most depressing day of the year'

ESA benefit: Everything you need to know
benefits

ESA benefit: Everything you need to know

Child tax credit: Do you qualify?
benefits

Child tax credit: Do you qualify?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Intentionally homeless: What it means for your housing rights
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housing

Intentionally homeless: What it means for your housing rights

Help with funeral costs: Know your options
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Funeral poverty

Help with funeral costs: Know your options

Widowed parent's allowance: What you should know
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cost of living

Widowed parent's allowance: What you should know

Volunteer at a homeless shelter this winter
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volunteering

Volunteer at a homeless shelter this winter

White goods grant: Where to get help replacing essentials
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poverty

White goods grant: Where to get help replacing essentials

Support for mortgage interest: Where to get help
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Housing

Support for mortgage interest: Where to get help

Universal credit advance payment: Bridging the five-week wait
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Benefits

Universal credit advance payment: Bridging the five-week wait

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?

Here's when pensioners will get the winter fuel payment in 2024
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Benefits

Here's when pensioners will get the winter fuel payment in 2024

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?

What benefits can I claim?
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Benefits

What benefits can I claim?

Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year
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Christmas

Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
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Christmas

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved

Which charities are fighting homelessness in the UK?
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Homelessness

Which charities are fighting homelessness in the UK?

Here's what to do if you see a homeless person
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Homelessness

Here's what to do if you see a homeless person

Housing benefit: How to claim and what to expect
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Housing benefits

Housing benefit: How to claim and what to expect

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How to volunteer at a food bank
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Food banks

How to volunteer at a food bank

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 are the causes of homelessness?
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Homelessness

What are the causes of homelessness?

How long can a landlord leave you without hot water?
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Renting

How long can a landlord leave you without hot water?