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Life

Young People Are Struggling to Apply for Universal Credit for the First Time

06.01.20

By Hannah Ewens
Life

Worried About Coronavirus and Your Finances? Read This

03.27.20

By Ryan Bassil
The Shitty Reality of Universal Credit as a Freelancer

06.06.19

By Harriet Williamson
Food

UK Food Banks Gave Out a Record 1.6 Million Food Parcels Last Year

04.25.19

By Ruby Lott-Lavigna
Food

Speaking to the Families at the Centre of Britain’s Hunger Crisis

03.14.19

By Ruby Lott-Lavigna
What’s Gone On This Week: 15 Activists Have Been Punished for Peaceful Protest

12.14.18

By NEO
Work Is Not the Best Route Out of Austerity-Driven Poverty

11.21.18

By Simon Childs
Food

Tinned Vegetables and Mince Pies: Preparing for Christmas at the UK’s Busiest Food Bank

12.20.17

By Ruby Lott-Lavigna
The Complicated Fiasco of Universal Credit

10.25.17

By Nana Baah
There Have Been Protests Outside This Jobcentre Every Week For Two Years

07.05.16

By Gary Ryan
Revealed: Jobcentre Workers Could Be Hit By the Same Benefit Sanctions They Impose

07.04.16

By Gary Ryan
Manchester’s Homeless Crisis Is Only Getting Worse

07.09.14

By Joe Sandler-Clarke, Photos: Chris Bethell

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Rare 200-Year-Old Condom Goes on Display at Dutch Museum

A Dutch museum decided to put quite an unusual object on display in its most recent exhibit—a 19th century condom.

06.05.25

By Paige Gawley