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DWP staff are having to claim benefits themselves
![The green job centre plus sign hangs above a wet and dirty concrete architrave](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Job-centre-DWP.jpg?w=768)
DWP staff are having to claim benefits themselves
“A lot of people claiming universal credit won’t think that people on the other end of the phone might be claiming it” one civil servant told the Big Issue.
Exclusive: BT call centre sets up 'food bank' for its own staff
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Exclusive: BT call centre sets up 'food bank' for its own staff
‘Out of touch’ Tory minister tells people to work more or get a better job to beat the cost of living crisis
![Rachel MacLean on the cost of living crisis](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Rachel-MacLean.jpg?w=768)
‘Out of touch’ Tory minister tells people to work more or get a better job to beat the cost of living crisis
Two thirds of retail workers are borrowing money to pay their bills
Two thirds of retail workers are borrowing money to pay their bills
The ‘real living wage’ needed to live on is now £9.90 per hour - £2k per year more than the government's minimum wage
The ‘real living wage’ needed to live on is now £9.90 per hour - £2k per year more than the government's minimum wage
Wages are rising... but only to what they were in 2009
![Wages are at levels seen in 2009, when Gordon Brown was prime minister and Barack Obama was president. Image: London Summit](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/3404247796_d6b15abcbf_o-e1635263920141.jpg?w=768)