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4 Feb 20
The government should act to reduce in-work poverty in the UK, which has become more common than it was 20 years ago, a think-tank has said.
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3 Dec 19
There are 135,000 homeless children in Britain - the highest number in over a decade, according to analysis by the homeless charity Shelter.
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24 Oct 19
Seaside towns dominate the latest rankings for personal bankruptcies, adding to evidence that coastal regions are failing to keep pace with the rest of the economy.
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8 Oct 19
More than 700 million people worldwide still live in extreme poverty but it is possible to leverage scarce development resources to help change that, says the World Bank’s Akihiko Nishio.
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1 Oct 19
Groups have called for the housing crisis to be fixed after official figures revealed two homeless people died in England and Wales each day last year.
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25 Sep 19
Food bank use has risen where Universal Credit has been in operation for at least a year – and the five-week wait appears to be a key part of the problem, says The Trussell Trust’s Sumi...
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16 Sep 19
Rising global hunger, aid shortfalls and baby foods full of sugar - all in the Numbers Game from the September 2019 edition of Public Finance magazine.
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5 Sep 19
The Scottish Government has announced plans to become a country with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045.
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14 Aug 19
By going beyond clinical care the health service can improve the socio-economic conditions of people in local communities, a charity has stressed.
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21 Jun 19
Concentrating UK aid on large middle-income countries risks reducing the focus on poverty and the government’s new “leaving no one behind” philosophy, a watchdog has said.
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27 May 19
The UK’s taxes on the whole are progressive – with council tax being the only one that is regressive, an economic think-tank has said.
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17 May 19
Council tax increasingly resembles poll tax - hitting the poor hardest - for Londoners and must be reformed, a think-tank has said.
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25 Apr 19
A record 1.6 million food bank parcels were given out in the UK last year, a charity has found.
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1 Apr 19
Thirty per cent of the UK’s children - 4.1 million – are living on less than 60% of the current median income, according to official data.
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20 Feb 19
The government should tackle child poverty before it reaches record highs and re-think its welfare cuts, a think-tank has warned.
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14 Jan 19
The government has side-stepped “the cruellest benefit cut in history” with the latest universal credit changes, according to the chair of the work and pensions committee.
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2 Jan 19
London boroughs will receive a £38m boost to provide accommodation for families facing homelessness, the government has announced.
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17 Dec 18
Increasing levels of child poverty are affecting children and young people’s education, with schools dealing with ‘Dickensian’ levels of squalor, a major teaching union has warned.
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20 Sep 18
A commission, using its own unique measurement, has concluded 14.2 million people in the UK were living in poverty last year.
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24 Aug 18
A charity network has urged the government to crackdown on rogue bailiffs as households in the UK have fallen £19bn behind on essential bills.
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6 Aug 18
Families rely more on food banks over the summer holidays because children do not have access to free school meals, according to an anti-poverty charity.
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24 Jul 18
Child poverty has risen twice as fast as official figures suggest and has been significantly underestimated in government data, a think-tank has warned.
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8 Jun 18
A charity is demanding a major shake up in the social security system because of “shameful” shortcomings that left one and a half million people in destitution in 2017.
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9 May 18
Gentrification isn’t just about hipster cafes and flat whites. Done right, it can mean real regeneration of local communities. Kim Thomas reports.
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25 Apr 18
The number of Scots seeking help to pay for food and heating from a crisis fund has increased, with one in eight applications due to a delay in the payment of benefits, according to the Scottish...
4 Feb 20The government should act to reduce in-work poverty in the UK, which has become more common than it was 20 years ago, a think-tank has said.
3 Dec 19There are 135,000 homeless children in Britain - the highest number in over a decade, according to analysis by the homeless charity Shelter.
24 Oct 19Seaside towns dominate the latest rankings for personal bankruptcies, adding to evidence that coastal regions are failing to keep pace with the rest of the economy.
8 Oct 19More than 700 million people worldwide still live in extreme poverty but it is possible to leverage scarce development resources to help change that, says the World Bank’s Akihiko Nishio.
1 Oct 19Groups have called for the housing crisis to be fixed after official figures revealed two homeless people died in England and Wales each day last year.
25 Sep 19Food bank use has risen where Universal Credit has been in operation for at least a year – and the five-week wait appears to be a key part of the problem, says The Trussell Trust’s Sumi...
16 Sep 19Rising global hunger, aid shortfalls and baby foods full of sugar - all in the Numbers Game from the September 2019 edition of Public Finance magazine.
5 Sep 19The Scottish Government has announced plans to become a country with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045.
14 Aug 19By going beyond clinical care the health service can improve the socio-economic conditions of people in local communities, a charity has stressed.
21 Jun 19Concentrating UK aid on large middle-income countries risks reducing the focus on poverty and the government’s new “leaving no one behind” philosophy, a watchdog has said.
27 May 19The UK’s taxes on the whole are progressive – with council tax being the only one that is regressive, an economic think-tank has said.
17 May 19Council tax increasingly resembles poll tax - hitting the poor hardest - for Londoners and must be reformed, a think-tank has said.
25 Apr 19A record 1.6 million food bank parcels were given out in the UK last year, a charity has found.
1 Apr 19Thirty per cent of the UK’s children - 4.1 million – are living on less than 60% of the current median income, according to official data.
14 Jan 19The government has side-stepped “the cruellest benefit cut in history” with the latest universal credit changes, according to the chair of the work and pensions committee.
2 Jan 19London boroughs will receive a £38m boost to provide accommodation for families facing homelessness, the government has announced.
17 Dec 18Increasing levels of child poverty are affecting children and young people’s education, with schools dealing with ‘Dickensian’ levels of squalor, a major teaching union has warned.
24 Aug 18A charity network has urged the government to crackdown on rogue bailiffs as households in the UK have fallen £19bn behind on essential bills.
8 Jun 18A charity is demanding a major shake up in the social security system because of “shameful” shortcomings that left one and a half million people in destitution in 2017.
9 May 18Gentrification isn’t just about hipster cafes and flat whites. Done right, it can mean real regeneration of local communities. Kim Thomas reports.
25 Apr 18The number of Scots seeking help to pay for food and heating from a crisis fund has increased, with one in eight applications due to a delay in the payment of benefits, according to the Scottish...
