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Poverty
'Frustrated, angry, exhausted': Food banks forced to 'throw out food donated by supermarkets'
'Frustrated, angry, exhausted': Food banks forced to 'throw out food donated by supermarkets'
Food banks often rely on donations from big businesses – like supermarkets and retailers – to ensure they can meet the demand for help
Inside the Big Issue: Alison Hammond answers some Big Questions
Inside the Big Issue: Alison Hammond answers some Big Questions
Living on the edge: How to avoid falling into poverty amid rising costs
Living on the edge: How to avoid falling into poverty amid rising costs
Labour's rushed cuts to benefits will see severely disabled people plunged into deep poverty
Labour's rushed cuts to benefits will see severely disabled people plunged into deep poverty
Poor women without education least likely to recover from effects of Covid, study finds
Poor women without education least likely to recover from effects of Covid, study finds
Here's how to make your voice heard against the DWP's disability benefit cuts
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'
Stanley Tucci, Stephen Fry, Rosie Jones and more hit out over benefit cuts: 'It breaks my heart'
DWP minister 'regrets' making disabled people feel anxious over benefit cuts
DWP minister 'regrets' making disabled people feel anxious over benefit cuts
40 years since it started, what's the point of Comic Relief?
40 years since it started, what's the point of Comic Relief?
I'm a disabled person claiming benefits – and I've lost all hope in the Labour government
I'm a disabled person claiming benefits – and I've lost all hope in the Labour government
End two-child limit on benefits to lift 600,000 kids out of poverty, Labour told: 'We're in a crisis'
End two-child limit on benefits to lift 600,000 kids out of poverty, Labour told: 'We're in a crisis'
Too many children with special educational needs are living in poverty. It's a waste of public funds
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'
Over 85,000 children in Britain living in extreme poverty: 'There's a sense of hopelessness'
Disabled and mentally ill people feel 'broken and without hope' over Labour's plans for benefits
Disabled and mentally ill people feel 'broken and without hope' over Labour's plans for benefits
'Being alive is utterly exhausting': How Covid forced people out of work and onto benefits
'Being alive is utterly exhausting': How Covid forced people out of work and onto benefits
DWP told to stop forcibly taking cash from benefit claimants to pay for its own mistakes
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
Poorest Brits now worse off than poorest people in Slovenia, report finds – here's why
Cuts to benefits would be a 'grave mistake', Keir Starmer warned by his own MPs
Cuts to benefits would be a 'grave mistake', Keir Starmer warned by his own MPs
One in four teachers spending own money to feed hungry pupils as parents struggle with costs
One in four teachers spending own money to feed hungry pupils as parents struggle with costs
Disability benefit cuts could plunge 700,000 households into poverty, Labour warned
Disability benefit cuts could plunge 700,000 households into poverty, Labour warned
The UN's damning verdict on UK poverty must inspire us to force change
The UN's damning verdict on UK poverty must inspire us to force change
Millions of universal credit and disability benefit claimants turn to food banks: 'I'm terrified of cuts'
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 reveals new plans to get sick and disabled people into work ahead of benefit cuts
Slashing billions from welfare will not help people into work or save money, Rachel Reeves warned
Slashing billions from welfare will not help people into work or save money, Rachel Reeves warned
UN calls on Labour to increase benefits and scrap two-child limit in UK poverty crisis warning
