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DWP payment dates in August 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month
A woman and two children
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP payment dates in August 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month

Here is everything you need to know about when you'll get your benefits this month and how to apply if you think you might be eligible
This man has found a way to travel by train for free... with one small catch
Transport

This man has found a way to travel by train for free... with one small catch

The simple reason employers must publish salaries on job adverts
Nyree Ambarchian

The simple reason employers must publish salaries on job adverts

Paying rent on time could finally start helping renters get a mortgage: 'A very positive step'
Renting

Paying rent on time could finally start helping renters get a mortgage: 'A very positive step'

How to have summer fun without splashing the cash, according to Mr MoneyJar
Summer

How to have summer fun without splashing the cash, according to Mr MoneyJar

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Labour's pensions review is a welcome step. Let's hope they use it for positive change
Image of pensioner and young woman looking at laptop
Chris Brooks

Labour's pensions review is a welcome step. Let's hope they use it for positive change

33 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the summer holidays
kids eat free/ easter holidays
Kids eat free

33 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the summer holidays

What Rachel Reeves can learn from Donald Trump
Paul McNamee

What Rachel Reeves can learn from Donald Trump

Homeless people were given free cash to buy what they want – here's what they spent their money on
Recovering addict Sarah took part in a personalised budgets trial
Homelessness

Homeless people were given free cash to buy what they want – here's what they spent their money on

Childcare costs families £1,000 per child in the summer holidays: 'It makes me feel sick'
A group of children playing football together.
Childcare

Childcare costs families £1,000 per child in the summer holidays: 'It makes me feel sick'

I lived on a debt-stricken housing estate as an anthropologist – this is what I learned about poverty
Debt

I lived on a debt-stricken housing estate as an anthropologist – this is what I learned about poverty

A year of Labour: How has the Starmer government fared in helping people out of debt?
Vikki Brownridge

A year of Labour: How has the Starmer government fared in helping people out of debt?

These pioneers are plugging the gaps in youth support – with help from Big Issue Invest
Big Issue Invest

These pioneers are plugging the gaps in youth support – with help from Big Issue Invest

'Broken' council tax system means millions of Brits face visit from bailiffs – but that's set to change
a person paying a bill and working out on a calculator
Council tax

'Broken' council tax system means millions of Brits face visit from bailiffs – but that's set to change

TikTok entrepreneur Simon Squibb: 'Money won't make you happy – but it gives you choices'
OnSide Takeover

TikTok entrepreneur Simon Squibb: 'Money won't make you happy – but it gives you choices'

Store cards and buy now, pay later debt landed this single mum in court. What if there was another way?
Stock image of a woman working on a laptop
Buy now, pay later

Store cards and buy now, pay later debt landed this single mum in court. What if there was another way?

One in 10 Brits have no cash savings to fall back on – government action is vital
Woman putting money in piggy bank/ how make money
Vikki Brownridge

One in 10 Brits have no cash savings to fall back on – government action is vital

Kinship carers need financial support. Instead, we're just left to get on with it
Kinship care

Kinship carers need financial support. Instead, we're just left to get on with it

'I was dying in silence': How childcare becomes a daily battle for survival for migrant families
Immigration

'I was dying in silence': How childcare becomes a daily battle for survival for migrant families

I carried the weight of my £60,000 debt alone. Then one conversation changed everything
Debt

I carried the weight of my £60,000 debt alone. Then one conversation changed everything

The benefits, dangers and impacts of a cashless society
Stock image of a card payment
Money

The benefits, dangers and impacts of a cashless society

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Buy now, pay later? Understanding the new rules, the risks and how it all works
Stock image of a person online shopping with their credit card in their hand
Buy now, pay later

Buy now, pay later? Understanding the new rules, the risks and how it all works

Britain has enough money to fix our problems. We just lack the political will to share it
Nadia Whittome MP

Britain has enough money to fix our problems. We just lack the political will to share it

Calls for a law change to protect survivors of domestic abuse left on the verge of financial ruin
domestic abuse survivor/ silhouette of woman
Domestic abuse

Calls for a law change to protect survivors of domestic abuse left on the verge of financial ruin

UK risks 'sleepwalking into crisis' as cashless society shuts out more and more vulnerable people
A sign reading 'CARD ONLY'
Money

UK risks 'sleepwalking into crisis' as cashless society shuts out more and more vulnerable people

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