Half a million children ‘face holiday hunger’ if £1bn crisis fund is ditched

Exclusive: Charities say ending household support fund in England will increase hardship for struggling families

Surge in pensioners needing emergency food provisions as food banks help record number of people

Over 600,000 people used a Trussell Trust food bank for first time in last year

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DWP to target Universal Credit claimants with strict new rules on finding a job

The Department for Work and Pensions will look specifically at people who are still out of work or on low pay after 13 and 26 weeks of claiming Universal Credit

Household Support Fund closure catastrophic, warns charity

Hundreds of thousands of families have had help through the government's Household Support Fund.

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‘The stories we hear at Citizens Advice are horrific’

I’m an adviser for Citizens Advice in Newcastle. This is how bad the cost-of-living crisis has got

Help failing to keep pace with families facing ‘bed poverty’, says Barnardo’s

Exclusive: Children’s charity says applications for council support have quadrupled in England since 2018

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With energy and food costs still rising, vulnerable families need more support – not less. Will you sign our petition?

Households struggling with costs encouraged to speak to their council

Vulnerable people are being encouraged to see what help they could receive as household support fund awareness week gets under way.