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Overwhelming majority of Brits say the country feels divided
Culture wars

Overwhelming majority of Brits say the country feels divided

A growing number of people say that transgender rights have gone two far, while two in five Brits would struggle to be friends with a Reform voter
These raw, heartfelt voice notes are straight from Gaza’s frontline: ‘Even the silence is frightening’
Drawings by child in Gaza who attended Save the Children's child friendly space for mental health and psychosocial support and educational activities.
Gaza

These raw, heartfelt voice notes are straight from Gaza’s frontline: ‘Even the silence is frightening’

How many children would be lifted out of poverty if the two-child limit was scrapped where you live?
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Child poverty

How many children would be lifted out of poverty if the two-child limit was scrapped where you live?

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I’d be stuck without it’: Inside the vital family hubs helping parents as child poverty crisis worsens
Family hubs

I’d be stuck without it’: Inside the vital family hubs helping parents as child poverty crisis worsens

I battled leukaemia and then lost my fiancée to cancer. Here’s how I found hope in the grief
Grief

I battled leukaemia and then lost my fiancée to cancer. Here’s how I found hope in the grief

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Cost of living crisis

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We cannot continue letting billionaires keep the world’s money while the poorest suffer
Billionaire Jeff Bezos, the owner of Amazon. I
Adriana Abdenur

We cannot continue letting billionaires keep the world’s money while the poorest suffer

DWP payment dates in November 2025: When you will get your benefits and pensions this month
A person paying bills.
Benefits

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

Ofgem’s plan to write off £500m of energy debt is welcome – but it’s not enough to solve the crisis
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Vikki Brownridge

Ofgem’s plan to write off £500m of energy debt is welcome – but it’s not enough to solve the crisis

Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Brits to have energy bill debt written off
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Energy debt

Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Brits to have energy bill debt written off

Advice & support

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Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025
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Christmas

Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025

What do I do if I can’t afford to pay my energy bills?
energy bills
Cost of living

What do I do if I can’t afford to pay my energy bills?

What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I’m eligible?
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Disability benefits

What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I’m eligible?

What is universal credit? The DWP benefit explained
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Universal credit

What is universal credit? The DWP benefit explained

Facts and figures

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Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?
Cost of living crisis

Is the cost of living crisis over and will prices in the UK ever come down?

Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025
dwp benefits christmas/ bauble
Christmas

Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025

What do I do if I can’t afford to pay my energy bills?
energy bills
Cost of living

What do I do if I can’t afford to pay my energy bills?

What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I’m eligible?
money/ pip backdated payments
Disability benefits

What is a PIP back payment and how do I know if I’m eligible?

Food banks

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Oxford university lecturers are turning to food banks. The scandal is that it’s no longer shocking
Bianca Robinson

Oxford university lecturers are turning to food banks. The scandal is that it’s no longer shocking

Revealed: Millions of disabled people went to a food bank last year as Labour plotted benefit cuts
A Trussell food bank worker sorting food parcels. Image: Dan Prince
Food banks

Revealed: Millions of disabled people went to a food bank last year as Labour plotted benefit cuts

I reached out to a food bank after losing everything – it changed my life forever
Hugh McNeill

I reached out to a food bank after losing everything – it changed my life forever

Council drops bid to evict food bank from premises in child poverty hotspot: ‘Our future is secure’
Food banks

Council drops bid to evict food bank from premises in child poverty hotspot: ‘Our future is secure’

In case you missed it

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Labour has promised to stop poor people dying so early. A Scottish rapper could help them find the way
Darren McGarvey
Health inequalities

Labour has promised to stop poor people dying so early. A Scottish rapper could help them find the way

Thousands of children find hope in tent schools in Gaza: ‘We try to make the students smile’
Students at Gaza Great Minds
Gaza

Thousands of children find hope in tent schools in Gaza: ‘We try to make the students smile’

Inside the food banks seeing ‘highest demand ever seen’ as cost of living harms families
Food preparation and the cafe at Granville Community Kitchen in North West London. Image: Mary Turner/ IFAN
Food banks

Inside the food banks seeing ‘highest demand ever seen’ as cost of living harms families

These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families ‘before it’s too late’
Marie Maubouche
Adoption

These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families ‘before it’s too late’

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