Universal credit
DWP deducting on average £80 a month from Scottish families on UC
Exclusive: Report finds struggling families are having on average 10% of monthly income deducted to cover debt
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent
28, Nov, 2022 @12:01 AM
Not every poor person is on benefits, so where’s their lump sum for energy bills? | Torsten Bell
Those earning as little as a £1 too much will miss out on Jeremy Hunt’s £900 to ease the pain after the price cap is lifted
Torsten Bell
20, Nov, 2022 @10:30 AM
Hunt cracks down on benefit claimants amid chronic shortage of workers
More to be asked to meet a ‘work coach’ but experts point to jump in long-term sickness due to gaps in public services
Richard Partington Economics correspondent
17, Nov, 2022 @5:22 PM
‘It would mean so much’: parents on the need to expand free school meals
Experts say 800,000 pupils in poverty in England are excluded from free lunches. Parents and a teacher tell us what this means to them
Clea Skopeliti
11, Nov, 2022 @3:32 PM
Zayn Malik urges Rishi Sunak to give free school meals to all children in poverty
Bradford-born singer who relied on free school lunches urges PM to extend provision to all families on universal credit
Jamie Grierson
08, Nov, 2022 @6:00 AM
Iceland boss urges Sunak to extend free school meals as ‘critical priority’
Food Foundation estimates cost of providing free school meals to families who claim universal credit would cost £500m a year
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor
02, Nov, 2022 @11:54 AM
Broadband social tariffs can save you up to £200 a year
Few of those eligible for deals aimed at people on benefits use them as they are not well publicised
Laura Whateley
29, Oct, 2022 @6:00 AM
I was so excited to be offered part-time work – then I tried to find out what universal credit I’d get | Sophie
This benefit is meant to help people like me. The reality has been utterly frustrating, and I still don’t know what I’m due, says Sophie
Sophie
19, Oct, 2022 @11:00 AM
The Guardian view on hunger in Britain: cruel and unnecessary | Editorial
Editorial: Food insecurity has been normalised over a decade during which the incomes of the poorest households have been held down
Editorial
18, Oct, 2022 @6:01 PM
I could lose the government’s cost of living payment as I’m paid weekly
I’m on universal credit which is calculated on a monthly basis, and I missed out on the first £326
Zoe Wood
18, Oct, 2022 @6:00 AM
Millions forced to skip meals as UK cost of living crisis deepens
More people – including children – going hungry than during first weeks of Covid lockdown, new data shows
Patrick Butler Social policy editor
18, Oct, 2022 @5:01 AM
UK food banks at breaking point urge Liz Truss to boost aid to poorest
As cost of living crisis bites, 3,000 volunteers across several organisations sign letter of warning to the prime minister
Michael Savage Policy Editor
16, Oct, 2022 @5:00 AM
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