“People have nowhere to turn”: Britain’s first “warm banks” open their doors
Charities and councils offer refuge for people who cannot afford heating this winter.
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How benefits have failed to keep pace with inflation
The standard monthly welfare payment is now £52 lower in real terms than in 2010.
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Who pays for Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s mess? Welfare claimants, as always
The government’s giveaway to the rich may be matched by real-terms cuts to benefits for the poorest and most vulnerable.
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Liz Truss’s National Insurance cut would fail to help Britain’s poorest
The Tory front-runner’s proposal would save the poorest tenth of households just 76p per month.
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How the value of child benefit has plummeted
The welfare payment is now worth less than it was in 1999.
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Hundreds of Ukrainian families are being left homeless in the UK
At least 660 Ukrainian households have found themselves with nowhere to stay.
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The inside story of a Tory MP’s 30p meals – which cost £50 up front
It’s not as simple as Lee Anderson thinks, as the people on the food-bank cookery course in his constituency know…
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Ranked: every patronising Conservative cost-of-living crisis survival tip
Governing party politicians have time and again made gaffes relating to rising bills and prices.
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