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Published in: Home: NewsOfgem won’t publish probe into how energy firms fail people in debtWatchdog found problems with the way 16 suppliers treated the public – three of them ‘severe’
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Published in: Home: NewsNumber of Universal Credit claimants relying on hardship payments soarsEXCLUSIVE: The number of people needing emergency loans is 80% higher than in 2019 due to soaring benefit sanctions
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Published in: Home: NewsQueen’s funeral shuts food banks amid cost of living crisisCritics warn that people ‘cannot wait for help’ as millions face poverty this winter
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Published in: Home: OpinionIn this age of chronic uncertainty, we need a basic incomeOPINION: Millions in the UK are facing insecurity, impoverishment, stress and ill-health. Radical change is needed
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Published in: Home: News‘Destitution’ warning as DWP rejects calls to pause benefit deductionsCharity warns two million children are affected by decision to keep taking money out of already-inadequate payments
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Published in: Home: NewsStudents fearful as accommodation giant breaks ‘bills included’ agreementWeeks before term starts, UniHomes has told some students that bills will no longer be included in rental agreements
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionLiz Truss is returning to the fairytale economics of the 1980sExcessive inequality and wealth redistribution to the rich have wrecked the economy. ‘Trussonomics’ won’t help
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Published in: Home: OpinionOil tankers line Shetland’s horizon, but islanders face bitter fuel povertyTo avoid fuel poverty, residents of the ‘energy isles’ would need salaries of £104,000. Almost nobody here earns that
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Published in: Home: NewsBlackout info sent to millions was ‘unrelated’ to energy crisis, say chiefsThe email from UK Power Networks was a ‘requirement’ of Ofgem and does not indicate an increased risk of power cuts
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionDon’t Pay UK has the right idea – but it’s not enoughNo one ever won rights by asking nicely. But refusing to pay bills has risks that need to be mitigated
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Published in: Home: NewsLandlords urged to ‘take advantage’ of soaring rents in ‘grotesque’ emailA London estate agent said now is ‘the perfect time to expand portfolios’ as tenants are in ‘fierce competition’
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Published in: Home: OpinionCan Tories’ neoliberalism survive crisis-hit Britain’s darkening mood?Growing anger over rising inequality makes the UK a testing ground for late-stage capitalist economic model
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Published in: Home: FeatureHow the cost of living crisis is hurting studentsExclusive: As maintenance grants fail to keep pace with inflation, students on low incomes struggle to get by
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Published in: Home: NewsFears ex-BP and British Gas bosses could ‘sway’ government energy policyExclusive: Scale of ‘revolving door’ between major energy firms and key Whitehall posts revealed
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Published in: Home: News‘Catastrophic’ energy price rises will hit ethnic minorities hardestExclusive: Energy bills are throwing low-income families into debt shows new data as the price cap rises to £3,549
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Published in: Home: NewsKids skimping on meals to buy food for hungry friends, youth workers warnExclusive: Youth workers have spoken of ‘a failure of society’ as kids take on responsibility for feeding friends
