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  1. A blue tray with a child's school dinner on it - there is a plate with rice, breaded fish and a vegetable medley. Two pieces of bread and a yoghurt are next to it.

  2. Woman sits at a desk with paperwork and a laptop in front of her. A smartphone in her hand has a calculator on the screen.

  3. Woman wearing striped shirt looking at bills while sitting at laptop in her home

  4. Family on beach

  5. An aerial view of the south of Jersey - rows of houses and a beach in the foreground, sea can also be seen further afield. Blue skies.

  6. Two people sit on a beach, one in a bucket hat, looking at the sea with their backs turned to the camera and crowds of people in the background, on a sunny day in Barcelona in August 2024.

  7. Four nursery pupils sat at a canteen table enjoying their Friday fish and chips dinner at St Mary's Primary in Stoke-on-Trent, including spaghetti hoops. They are in fancy dress for 'aspirations day'.

  8. Older man and woman sit at a kitchen table with paperwork and a laptop in front of them

  9. General view of the Byker Wall in Newcastle. Trees sit in the foreground, with buildings and a large block of flats in the background.

  10. A woman takes a selfie with a group of people in hi-vis jackets assembled in front of a van in the background.

  11. Shoppers at the £1school uniform sale

  12. Christians Against Poverty Epsom and Ewell Debt Centre Manager, Lucy Bahiti, looks straight at the camera. She has a pair of glasses on her head and a lanyard around her neck. She is wearing a green and white patterned dress. In the background the red bricks of St Barnabus Church in Epsom can be seen.

  13. Composite image showing Liam Roberts on the left, and Lucy and Daniel Slavin on the right

  14. An outside view of Durham County Hall from outside the gates. Cars can be seen parked outside the large grey building.

  15. Naomi Winter with brown hair tied back in a ponytail, with a nose ring, wearing a black fleece that has the words 'fareshare' on the chest, stands in a kitchen.

  16. Two schoolgirls in uniform, wearing dark and light blue checked skirts, dark blue blazers and blue jumpers. They are holding exercise books to their chests as they walk.

  17. A composite image of a steam train, a bulldog standing in a meadow and John Cleese playing Basil Fawlty in the British sitcom Fawlty Towers

  18. Gordon Lyons, with short brown hair, wearing a white shirt, navy tie and navy suit jacket.

  19. Close up shot of a person looking at bills and receipts on a table next to a calculator in their kitchen. They are wearing a blue jumper and the kitchen sink is in the background.

  20. Close up of £20, £10 and £5 notes seen on top of each other

  21. A stock image of a young woman wearing glasses and a tye-dye t-shirt cooking over a stove in a kitchen

  22. A stock image of a smart meter screen. It is a small box with a diagram of spending on the screen. A blue flame, indicating heating or gas usage can be seen on the left and a combined cost logo is on the right side. £1.56 so far today is showing currently.

  23. Three photos laid side by side showing Courtney Young on the left, Amy Joce in the middle and Aaliyah Thomas on the far right.

  24. Kady is smiling looking down at a console. She's wearing a burgundy hoodie and has dyed red hair which is down to her shoulders. She has a nose ring and lip piercings.