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Significant increase in the number of households living below the minimum income standard reports the JRF

February 8, 2019

The Joseph Rowntree Trust’s latest Households below a Minimum Income Standard (MIS) research this week has revealed how nearly 19 million people are living below MIS, up from 16.5 million in 2008/09. Read more.

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Disadvantaged children lose out on £118m due to pupil premium changes, LGA reveals

A total of £118m for disadvantaged pupils could be lost from school budgets in England this year due to a government change in how pupil premium funding is calculated, a survey of local authorities has revealed. The funding, which is designed to...

May 26, 2021

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Children’s commissioners urge UK government to scrap two-child limit for benefits

The children’s commissioners of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have written to the UK government calling on it to scrap the controversial two-child limit restricting the amount that larger families can receive in social security benefits. Read...

May 26, 2021

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