Hello and welcome back to The Cost of Living Chronicles - this is our BONUS Episode on Music and Social Change! Musicians, politicians, doctors, researchers and many others gathered to confront child poverty through song, reflecting on how music connects people and exposes systemic injustice, honouring struggling families along the way. From protest anthems to soul classics, each song stirred anger, empathy, and pride - proving art can voice what policy reports and spreadsheets cannot!

Hello and welcome back to The Cost of Living Chronicles - this is our twelfth segment. This episode is the third and final part of a live recording from the launch of a special issue of the journal of Social Policy and Administration, titled Understanding the Cost of Living Crisis in the UK.

Hello and welcome back to The Cost of Living Chronicles- this is our eleventh segment. Our second session is called The Politics of Poverty- looking at policy, corporate influence and governance -and I'll be chairing it myself.