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  1. A woman wearing rolled-up blue jeans and white and purple knitted socks rests her feet on a white radiator.

  2. A young couple sit at their kitchen table with bills, their laptop and a calculator

  3. Charlotte Brennan with long, bright orange hair and a black sweater stands in front of her gift shop items which includes homeware,ghost-shaped pillows, dried flowers, candles and ornaments

  4. A close-up image of various Jersey banknotes in £10, £20 and £50 denominations, featuring a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.

  5. A young woman with short black hair and a white top sits in the driver's seat of a white hatchback, and looks at paperwork on a clipboard held by the car salesman, who wears a blue t-shirt and glasses.

  6. Boxes filled with children's clothing on a wooden table.

  7. A women with blonde hair tied up, she is wearing a grey ribbed jumper whilst looking at the camera smiling.

  8. Karen Brown is standing in front of a rack of baby and toddler clothes. She wears black glasses and has bobbed hair. There's a clock on the wall behind her.

  9. Six pairs of trainers are piled up in a box. There are black and grey pairs and one with blue laces.

  10. A ginger haired girl is doing an exam while holding a pencil in her mouth

  11. Hillary Letch has a blonde bob and red glasses. She is wearing a white shirt and yellow gilet.

  12. The Chancellor Rachel Reeves standing in Downing Street in October 2024 with the ministerial red box containing her first Budget speech.

  13. A close up selfie of Dee with her dog Bilbo. Dee has white blonde hair with dreadlocks. Next to her is Bilbo, a small black dog which smiles at the camera. He has fine, straight black hair and dark brown eyes. They're sat in a field whilst on a dog walk.

  14. Sébastien is in a commercial kitchen setting, wearing a black chef’s uniform with the name “RICO” and “COCO” embroidered on the chest. He also has a dark apron with leather straps and metal rings. Behind them are stainless steel appliances, a ventilation hood, and shelves with kitchen supplies, including a tray of eggs and flowers.

  15. Cherry Matthews is wearing a red hoodie and a red T-shirt. She has black round glasses and brown hair. She is wearing a red spotted witch's hat with a bow on it. In the background is a rack of clothes and multi-coloured dots on the white wall. She is smiling.

  16. Pizza Hut logo on cracked red background

  17. Abbi, a young woman with dark blonde hair. She is wearing a black and white striped cardigan and is sitting at her kitchen table

  18. A large protest march with participants holding banners and flags. The main banner in the foreground reads “SCOTLAND DEMANDS BETTER” and includes the STUC logo. Behind it, another prominent red banner displays “National Anti-Poverty Network” and “The Poverty Alliance – Working Together to Combat Poverty.” Several other colourful flags and signs are visible, and uniformed stewards stand along the side of the crowd.

  19. A man wearing denim stands on a grassy plot of land with his hands in his pockets. Several cows graze the land in the background.

  20. stock image of woman writing prescription

  21. A woman in a stripey navy and white jumper, with long light brown hair, tied in a pony tail. She is standing in the kitchen of the chocolate factory, holding a clear bag of chocolate nuts. In the back ground, a young man is folding gift boxes from cardboard templates.

  22. A woman looks into camera surrounded by plastic boxes full of non-perishable food in the warehouse of a foodbank.

  23. Middle-aged woman with long grey hair looks at a pile of receipts and her mobile phone. She has a slightly anxious look on her face.

  24. A man in a grey jumper and brown shirt hands a clear plastic bucket with capsicums to another man in a grey jumper, over a table filled with colourful fruit and vegetables.