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Young People Are Struggling to Apply for Universal Credit for the First Time
“You have to wait eight weeks to get payments, so people are fucked.”
Worried About Coronavirus and Your Finances? Read This
We've compiled an exhaustive list of what you can do if the pandemic has left you in a tough situation, money-wise.
The Shitty Reality of Universal Credit as a Freelancer
I signed up for the scheme as a self-employed freelancer, and the nightmare began.
UK Food Banks Gave Out a Record 1.6 Million Food Parcels Last Year
According to The Trussell Trust, this is the fifth year in a row that food bank usage has risen, and the biggest annual increase in five years.
Speaking to the Families at the Centre of Britain's Hunger Crisis
“I can't adequately describe how soul-destroying it is just to fall and fall and know that there is no chance that you're going to get out of it.”
What's Gone On This Week: 15 Activists Have Been Punished for Peaceful Protest
Elsewhere, Tory MPs were outraged that someone grabbed the mace in Parliament while their Universal Credit system has left people rifling through bins for food.
Work Is Not the Best Route Out of Austerity-Driven Poverty
On Monday, the new work minister dismissed a UN report that outlined austerity-driven poverty in the UK as "too political".
Tinned Vegetables and Mince Pies: Preparing for Christmas at the UK’s Busiest Food Bank
The Queens Road Baptist Church food bank in Coventry hands out up to 1,800 emergency food supplies in the weeks before Christmas.
The Complicated Fiasco of Universal Credit
The Tory government’s attempt to simplify the benefits system is actually pretty complicated.
There Have Been Protests Outside This Jobcentre Every Week For Two Years
Ashton-Under-Lyne is pioneering the government's benefit reforms, but the claimants it deals with are anything but happy.
Revealed: Jobcentre Workers Could Be Hit By the Same Benefit Sanctions They Impose
"They're coming for us next."
Manchester's Homeless Crisis Is Only Getting Worse
There's only one night shelter in the entire city and charities are being stretched to their limits.