Overall, since the first Covid-19 lockdown was introduced in March last year, 2.5 million emergency food parcels have been given to people across the UK. This is an increase of 33 per cent on the previous year and 128 per cent compared with levels...
Tackle poverty and inequality to reduce crime, says police chief
Retiring head of Merseyside force says if he had £5bn he would spend 20% on policing and 80% on cutting poverty. Cutting poverty and inequality is the best way to reduce crime, a police chief has said, calling for more money for deprived areas to...
Food poverty: MPs call on government to step up help
The government should create a food security minister to ensure continued progress in helping to feed poverty-hit people, according to MPs. A report from the Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee says progress made during the...
Children in poverty
The Department for Work & Pensions has published reports on the number of children living in low income families from 2014 to 2020 and the number and percentage of children in low income households from 1995 to 2020 in England. The figures show...
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 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...
