Cost of living crisis

'Poverty destroys us': Big Issue founder John Bird urges Labour to set targets to end child poverty
Child poverty

'Poverty destroys us': Big Issue founder John Bird urges Labour to set targets to end child poverty

Lord John Bird received backing from peers as he tabled an amendment to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill which would set legally-binding targets to hold the government to account on reducing child poverty
More than half of people with mental health problems regularly run out of money
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Money

More than half of people with mental health problems regularly run out of money

More than four million children set to be in poverty by 2029 despite Labour two-child limit U-turn
A child wearing a teddy bear backpack
Child poverty

More than four million children set to be in poverty by 2029 despite Labour two-child limit U-turn

'I'm happy to pay for uni, but I'll never clear my debt': Graduates hit out at student loans crisis
Student debt

'I'm happy to pay for uni, but I'll never clear my debt': Graduates hit out at student loans crisis

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham's Britain would look like
Politics

Nationalisation, buses and homes for rough sleepers: This is what Andy Burnham's Britain would look like

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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?

Starmer ties the UK's Greenland stance to the cost of living crisis. Is it a false choice?
Prime minister Keir Starmer.
Politics

Starmer ties the UK's Greenland stance to the cost of living crisis. Is it a false choice?

Millions of Brits are going without food and heating to improve their credit score
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Credit

Millions of Brits are going without food and heating to improve their credit score

Pensioners are skipping showers and cutting back on food as millions face poverty
Joanna Elson

Pensioners are skipping showers and cutting back on food as millions face poverty

HMRC mistakenly strips 17,000 parents of their child benefit: 'The impact of these errors is brutal'
A stock image of a mother with two babies. Image: Unsplash
Benefits

HMRC mistakenly strips 17,000 parents of their child benefit: 'The impact of these errors is brutal'

How the groundbreaking Crisis and Resilience Fund can help end the need for food banks
A person buying products at a social supermarket at the Spring Community Hub.
Sabine Goodwin

How the groundbreaking Crisis and Resilience Fund can help end the need for food banks

Millions of Brits have no savings to fall back on in a crisis. Will a new £1bn government scheme help?
Image of Sarah
Cost of living

Millions of Brits have no savings to fall back on in a crisis. Will a new £1bn government scheme help?

It's a critical moment for millions of Brits living in fuel poverty in desperately cold homes this winter
A house in the snow
Simon Francis

It's a critical moment for millions of Brits living in fuel poverty in desperately cold homes this winter

How to survive the cold weather when you're struggling to pay your bills
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Cost of living

How to survive the cold weather when you're struggling to pay your bills

The dehumanising narratives around benefits need to stop in 2026 – for all our sakes
keir starmer at a changing realities meeting
Ruth Patrick

The dehumanising narratives around benefits need to stop in 2026 – for all our sakes

Energy bills are rising in January. What do I do if I can't afford to pay?
energy bills
Cost of living

Energy bills are rising in January. What do I do if I can't afford to pay?

Energy bills to remain 'stubbornly high' in January: 'Winter cruelly exposes the cost of a cold home'
home with glowing window
Energy bills

Energy bills to remain 'stubbornly high' in January: 'Winter cruelly exposes the cost of a cold home'

Gordon Brown: 'This can't go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable'
Exclusive

Gordon Brown: 'This can't go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable'

Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year
Christmas dinner
Christmas

Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year

27 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the Christmas holiday
kids eat free/ easter holidays
Kids eat free

27 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the Christmas holiday

How much will you spend on Christmas?
Your views

How much will you spend on Christmas?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
From family time to robot dogs: Children share hilarious and heartbreaking Christmas wishes
Little boy puts a decoration on a Christmas tree
Christmas

From family time to robot dogs: Children share hilarious and heartbreaking Christmas wishes

Labour's £9.1bn inheritance tax raid is a missed opportunity to break the cycle of deprivation
Chancellor Rachel Reeves
Gavin Oldham

Labour's £9.1bn inheritance tax raid is a missed opportunity to break the cycle of deprivation

Inside the government-backed community hub teaching people digital skills: 'It is for my future'
Minister Liz Lloyd in a workshop at the Bromley by Bow Centre.
Digital inclusion

Inside the government-backed community hub teaching people digital skills: 'It is for my future'

Benefits stigma is booming. Here are the key myths around the system – debunked
Benefits street headlines in tabloids
Benefits

Benefits stigma is booming. Here are the key myths around the system – debunked