Struggling households in Great Britain risk losing hundreds of pounds a month in payments.
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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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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...
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. Read the full article on this link to The Guardian Share this:Click...
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...
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...
