Over half of people on universal credit unable to afford enough food
The Trussell Trust has found that universal credit claimants are battling to afford the essentials like food and heating.| Big Issue
Patients are dying and facing 'horrible tragedies' due to Manchester's mental health care crisis, staff say| Big Issue
Influencer Nikki Lilly: 'Disabled people are at the bottom of the barrel – we need more allies'| Big Issue
Labour pushes on with 'catastrophic' disability benefit cuts: 'The government is just not listening'| Big Issue
The Trussell Trust has found that universal credit claimants are battling to afford the essentials like food and heating.| Big Issue
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is deducting money from half of universal credit claimants to repay debts.| Big Issue
Former Conservative minister Suella Braverman called for an end to the two-child limit on benefits, but Labour are refusing to commit| Big Issue
Benefit payments are "too low" to cover daily living costs and the government must act to increase financial support, MPs have found.| Big Issue
A disability benefits claimant shares his story of struggling to survive after an injury left him unable to work and reliant on food banks.| Big Issue
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt faced pleas from anti-poverty and housing campaigners to increase local housing allowance at the Autumn Statement.| Big Issue
Losing your job, needing to care for a sick family member, breaking up with your partner – everyone’s circumstances can change. When they do, the social security system should ensure no one goes without the essentials – but it doesn't.| Joseph Rowntree Foundation
