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Poverty
Benefit cap and unaffordable rents leave tens of thousands of families at risk of destitution
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Benefit cap and unaffordable rents leave tens of thousands of families at risk of destitution
This is the harsh reality of the two-child benefit cap for families: 'It's like wearing a scarlet letter'
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This is the harsh reality of the two-child benefit cap for families: 'It's like wearing a scarlet letter'
Rachel Reeves warns of 'difficult decisions' on benefits and welfare spending
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Rachel Reeves warns of 'difficult decisions' on benefits and welfare spending
Winter fuel payments restricted to pensioners on certain benefits
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Winter fuel payments restricted to pensioners on certain benefits
'It doesn't have to be this way': More than 200,000 kids needed help from baby banks last year
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'It doesn't have to be this way': More than 200,000 kids needed help from baby banks last year
I took out loans and maxed out credit cards to fund my gambling addiction. I ended up homeless
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I took out loans and maxed out credit cards to fund my gambling addiction. I ended up homeless
'Shameful stuff': Labour suspends seven rebel MPs who voted to end two-child benefit cap
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'Shameful stuff': Labour suspends seven rebel MPs who voted to end two-child benefit cap
Keir Starmer's government is bringing power to local communities. We need that in social security
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Keir Starmer's government is bringing power to local communities. We need that in social security
DWP should prioritise supporting benefit claimants over sanctions, most people say
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DWP should prioritise supporting benefit claimants over sanctions, most people say
PIP changes: Labour government urged to drop 'dangerous' disability benefit reforms
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PIP changes: Labour government urged to drop 'dangerous' disability benefit reforms
Labour 'considering' scrapping two-child benefit cap
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Labour 'considering' scrapping two-child benefit cap
Labour warned that crackdown on shoplifters risks 'criminalising' poverty: 'Some are out of options'
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Labour warned that crackdown on shoplifters risks 'criminalising' poverty: 'Some are out of options'
Summer holiday childcare costs surge to more than £1,000 per child: 'Stressed out to the max'
![child drawing](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/kostiantyn-li-EhXs9Cio2p4-unsplash.jpg?w=768)
Summer holiday childcare costs surge to more than £1,000 per child: 'Stressed out to the max'
I was in a violent relationship. I wouldn't have got free without financial help
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I was in a violent relationship. I wouldn't have got free without financial help
Seven of the last nine PMs went to Oxford. Has it gotten us any closer to solving child poverty?
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Seven of the last nine PMs went to Oxford. Has it gotten us any closer to solving child poverty?
'It's David vs Goliath': Inside Amazon workers' historic battle for trade union recognition
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'It's David vs Goliath': Inside Amazon workers' historic battle for trade union recognition
More than two thirds of teachers worry children will go hungry this summer: 'Beyond heart-breaking'
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More than two thirds of teachers worry children will go hungry this summer: 'Beyond heart-breaking'
1.6 million children at risk of 'losing their life chances' because of 'cruel' two-child benefit cap
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1.6 million children at risk of 'losing their life chances' because of 'cruel' two-child benefit cap
One of the biggest crises facing the UK is barely talked about – the crisis of an ageing population
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