Many people claiming universal credit for the first time during the pandemic were unable to put aside enough cash to save £10 a month, eat healthily or regularly, or pay bills because the benefit payment was...
A new inquiry by the House of Lords aims to find ways public services can improve the support they offer vulnerable children and their families, it has been announced. The inquiry is being launched amid...
Resolution Foundation study suggests over a third of people who claimed universal credit after pandemic began have seen debts grow.
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Landlords’ group calls for more government help because of Covid ‘debt crisis’
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UNICEF says it is the first time in its 70-year history that it has responded to a UK “domestic emergency”.
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Unions have described companies who pay their chief executives huge multiples of their workers average salary as obscene, and called on ministers and shareholders to act to end the “runaway train” of inequality in corporate Britain. A report by the...
The more deprived the area, the higher the mortality rate – for all causes of death. We have to rebuild a fairer society.
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Brand new research shows deeply concerning figures on destitution in the UK, with around 2.4 million people having experienced destitution in 2019, a 54% increase since 2017. The social security system must be strengthened to turn back this rising...
A teenager given a tent to live in, and a child denied the chance to say “goodbye” to his dying mother feature in a report revealing heart-breaking decisions about children in care.
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Poll of poorest households also finds fewer than third of people think the Tories care about them
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Why extending the £20 uplift to legacy benefits is the right thing to do
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IPPR North report reveals few signs of government’s levelling up agenda becoming reality
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