News Poverty

No improvement in school attainment gap in England for 20 years, report says

The attainment gap between poorer pupils and their better-off class mates is just as large now as it was 20 years ago, according to a damning new report which says the coronavirus pandemic is likely to have...

August 16, 2022

News Poverty

Poorest women in England have same ill health at 60 as richest at 76 – study

A 60-year-old woman in England’s poorest areas typically has the same level of illness as a woman 16 years older in the richest areas, a study into health inequalities has found. Read the full article on this...

August 15, 2022

General News Poverty

Thousands of families in temporary accommodation over holidays

Hundreds of thousands of school-age children are living in temporary accommodation during the summer holidays due to family homelessness, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned. Read the full...

August 10, 2022

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News Poverty

Poorer pupils in England and Wales lag ‘significantly’ behind, report finds

Poorer pupils in England and Wales are “significantly” behind their peers, according to a report. The Education Policy Institute (EPI) study found that in 2019, prior to the pandemic, the gap between poorer pupils and...

July 18, 2022

News Poverty

Children in England mired in deep poverty ‘stealing food and tissues from schools’

Professor of social mobility urges Tory party leadership candidates to say how they will tackle disadvantage
Read the full article on this link to The Guardian

July 14, 2022

Marginalised & Excluded News Poverty

Benefit cuts since 2010 increased UK child poverty in run-up to pandemic, says IFS

Benefit cuts imposed by the Conservatives since 2010 pushed up child poverty before the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report warning that poorer families are also among the most exposed to the cost of living...

July 14, 2022

Poverty

Universal credit makes you jump through so many hoops, you just want to give up

When I couldn’t find a job, I had to wait five weeks to get my money. When it came, I got £70 for the month This article is part of the heat or eat diaries: a series from the frontline of Britain’s cost of living...

July 13, 2022

News Poverty

Child poverty increases across North East

Child poverty rose across the north-east of England in the first year of the pandemic, despite it falling in many other areas, figures have shown. Research carried out for the End Child Poverty Coalition by Loughborough...

July 12, 2022

Poverty

Why does the UK still have such a shameful attitude to poverty and benefits?

Study after study explodes the myth of the benefit ‘scrounger’. Sympathy is growing – but apparently not among Tories This article is part of a series, the heat or eat diaries: dispatches from the frontline of Britain’s...

June 27, 2022

News Poverty Safeguarding

Children stressed and self-harming over UK cost of living crisis

Mental health problems are linked to financial squeeze on families, according to new Childhood Trust report
Read the full article on this link to The Guardian

June 19, 2022

Poverty

What can we do about poverty? First, stop blaming people for being poor

As more people wind up in dire need, they will realise that being on the breadline isn’t the result of their individual failings This article is part of a new series, the heat or eat diaries: dispatches from the...

June 17, 2022

Early Years News Poverty

Infant free school meals uplift branded ‘inadequate’

Campaigners have branded an uplift in funding for universal infant free school meals “inadequate”, saying funding announced by the Department for Education amounts to just 7p per pupil for each meal. Education...

June 16, 2022

News Poverty

UK ‘living wage’ increase to be brought forward to September

Employers that agree to pay the voluntary “living wage” in the UK are being encouraged to give their employees a pay raise sooner rather than later to keep up with rising costs and electricity bills, as inflation is...

June 5, 2022

No improvement in school attainment gap in England for 20 years, report says

Poorest women in England have same ill health at 60 as richest at 76 – study

Thousands of families in temporary accommodation over holidays

Category - Poverty

Poorer pupils in England and Wales lag ‘significantly’ behind, report finds

Children in England mired in deep poverty ‘stealing food and tissues from schools’

Benefit cuts since 2010 increased UK child poverty in run-up to pandemic, says IFS

Universal credit makes you jump through so many hoops, you just want to give up

Child poverty increases across North East

Why does the UK still have such a shameful attitude to poverty and benefits?

Children stressed and self-harming over UK cost of living crisis

What can we do about poverty? First, stop blaming people for being poor

Infant free school meals uplift branded ‘inadequate’

UK ‘living wage’ increase to be brought forward to September

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