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 inadequate to meet basic living costs, a...
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 concerns that challenges facing vulnerable...
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. Read the full article on this link to The Guardian Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to...
Book review: Poverty (second edition) Ruth Lister
The last year has firmly put poverty back on the political agenda. As the pandemic and lockdown swept across the UK it was abundantly clear, that whilst we might all be in the same sea, we had very different boats. Which is why the second edition of...
UK childcare payment system discriminatory and irrational, judge rules
A single mother who brought a legal challenge against the government over its “ridiculous” universal credit childcare payments system has won her case after a high court judge ruled it to be discriminatory and unlawful. Read the full article on this...
Children’s commissioner: Politicians must take child poverty ‘out of the too difficult box’
Children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield has delivered a stern rebuke to politicians over a lack of action to address child poverty. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People Now Share this:Click to share on Twitter...
