Topic: Poverty
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New menu for benefit claimants proves surprise hit for Lebanese restaurant
South London businessman says he wants to give people on low incomes the right to go out to eat with their families
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155,000 more Muslim kids affected by two-child benefit cap than thought
Labour MPs and party’s Muslim network add to pressure on ministers to axe two-child benefit cap in light of Hyphen’s findings
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Backed by UK Muslim charity, teen footballers from Pakistan begin British tour
Pakistan Street Child Football Team will face youth squads from Aston Villa, Luton Town, Leeds United and West Ham
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Backed by Harry and Meghan, unique Muslim and Jewish-run food bank turns 10
In the shadow of a Reform-run council, a partnership between Muslim and Jewish charities gives guests a hot meal, a place to chat — and a bunch of flowers
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Reeves’s about-face has emboldened Labour backbenchers
As dust settles on Reeves’s spending review and winter fuel U-turn, some hope climbdowns on child benefit and help for disabled people are next
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The two-child benefit cap is a timebomb for Labour. Can it be defused?
The party’s MPs are increasingly vocal in their frustration at the policy, but there’s a split in Number 10 — and Reform UK is manoeuvring
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We need to build an island of neighbours
Scapegoating immigrants won’t improve anyone’s life or create the affordable housing we desperately need
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Just 6% of homes approved in Labour’s first six months were for social rent
Data from 119 councils shows that half didn’t greenlight a single council house between July and December 2024 — as 1.3m households languish on waiting lists
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Labour has delivered a cruel and needless hammer blow to disabled people
Devastating cuts to benefits won’t help anyone back to work and will push thousands into deeper poverty
