The cost of dying: “pauper’s funerals” have doubled since 2019
Exclusive figures reveal how more people are turning to public health funerals in poor parts of Britain.
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Tens of thousands shut out of work by Home Office visa renewal delays
Migrants with the right to work in the UK are being denied jobs – including in care homes – and…
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How benefits have plummeted in value
Those on unemployment benefit now receive just 10 per cent of what the average worker earns.
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There is no justification for the triple lock on pensions
Millionaire pensioners are subsidised by the people who clean their homes, and Rishi Sunak knows it.
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The UK now spends more on housing benefit than on most government departments
High private rents and stagnant wages mean housing benefit now costs £23.4bn a year.
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Food bank parcels have doubled in seven years
The Trussell Trust distributed 2.17 million parcels in the most recent year, up from 1.09 million.
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Whatever Liz Truss says about welfare cuts, benefits are already in tatters
The Prime Minister may change her mind and raise Universal Credit with inflation, but the damage has been done in…
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How benefits payments 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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