Ultra-processed food (UPF) is directly linked to 32 harmful effects to health, including a higher risk of heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, adverse mental health and early death, according to the world’s largest...
Jobcentres told to stop referring benefit claimants to food banks
Jobcentre officials have been ordered to stop referring penniless benefit claimants to food banks because it breaches data privacy law, in a move charities have warned will cause delays in crisis help for thousands of...
UK’s poorest have borne brunt of cost of living crisis, says thinktank
Britain’s poorest households have suffered a £4,500 hit to their finances since the start of the Covid pandemic, according to a report indicating that those on the lowest incomes have borne the brunt of the cost of...
Help failing to keep pace with families facing ‘bed poverty’, says Barnardo’s
Local support for families in crisis has failed to keep up with an explosion in “bed poverty” in England caused by rising destitution and the cost of living, according to the children’s charity Barnardo’s. Read the full...
UK Poverty 2024: The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation have published their most recent report into the extent of poverty in the UK and they found appallingly high levels of poverty for some groups. They argue that we need a coherent plan with...
HMRC has not charged a single company over tax evasion under landmark legislation
HMRC has not charged a single company under landmark legislation passed six years ago to crack down on corporate tax evasion. Critics say the data, released under freedom of information laws to the Bureau of...
