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One in six new universal credit claimants forced to skip meals

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...

February 19, 2021

Marginalised & Excluded Poverty

Lords to examine ‘Increasing lack of support’ for vulnerable children

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...

February 18, 2021

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Benefit claimants face mounting debt burden, says thinktank

Resolution Foundation study suggests over a third of people who claimed universal credit after pandemic began have seen debts grow.
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February 7, 2021

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1.3 million families to rely on food parcels this Christmas, figures suggest

More than 1 million families with children will rely on charity food parcels this Christmas, new research suggests, prompting calls for ministers to better support households whose income has been hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Findings published...

December 4, 2020

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Almost 700,000 driven into poverty by Covid crisis in UK, study finds

Total includes 120,000 children, according to thinktank that is calling for anti-poverty strategy
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November 30, 2020

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Universal credit: tens of thousands of families face benefits cap

Struggling households in Great Britain risk losing hundreds of pounds a month in payments.
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November 26, 2020

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Number of unemployed people in UK over 50 rises by third, figures suggest

There are now 91,000 more unemployed older people than there were 12 months ago
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November 23, 2020

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Plight of homeless pupils a national scandal, Shelter warns

Research by the housing charity found that more than half (56 per cent) of teachers UK-wide have worked at a school with children who were homeless or became homeless. The charity warns there are around 136,000 homeless children living in Britain...

November 18, 2020

Poverty

This photo of children living in poverty caused shock waves in 1992. Where are they now?

Craig Easton’s photographs of the Williams family in Blackpool in the early 90s exposed Thatcherism’s legacy of child poverty. Over two decades later, he tracked them down.
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November 14, 2020

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Three-quarters of England’s care workers earn below ‘real’ living wage

Almost three-quarters of frontline care workers in England are earning below the “real” living wage, which experts say is the bare minimum to allow families basics such as a secondhand car and a week’s annual UK self-catering holiday, research has...

November 13, 2020

Poverty

Free school meals debate shows how Victorian attitudes about undeserving poor persist

The campaign led by footballer Marcus Rashford to provide lunches for children over a school holiday period in England has brought discussions over poverty and state help into the spotlight. Central to this debate is an ideological position on how...

November 9, 2020

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Britons’ support for welfare benefits at highest level for 20 years – study

Public support for more generous welfare benefits is at its highest level for more than two decades, amid new evidence that societal views on social security and immigration are becoming significantly more liberal, according to the latest annual...

October 29, 2020

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Covid: toddlers from UK’s poorest families ‘hit hardest by lockdown’

Babies and toddlers from poorer backgrounds have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic, with less access to books and outdoor space during lockdown than children growing up in wealthier families, research has found. The developmental...

October 28, 2020

One in six new universal credit claimants forced to skip meals

Lords to examine ‘Increasing lack of support’ for vulnerable children

Benefit claimants face mounting debt burden, says thinktank

Category - Poverty

1.3 million families to rely on food parcels this Christmas, figures suggest

Almost 700,000 driven into poverty by Covid crisis in UK, study finds

Universal credit: tens of thousands of families face benefits cap

Number of unemployed people in UK over 50 rises by third, figures suggest

Plight of homeless pupils a national scandal, Shelter warns

This photo of children living in poverty caused shock waves in 1992. Where are they now?

Three-quarters of England’s care workers earn below ‘real’ living wage

Free school meals debate shows how Victorian attitudes about undeserving poor persist

Britons’ support for welfare benefits at highest level for 20 years – study

Covid: toddlers from UK’s poorest families ‘hit hardest by lockdown’

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