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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...
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12 Mar 18
Poverty among couples with children in Wales has risen over 10 years, a report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has highlighted.
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5 Dec 17
Whitehall departments and agencies should work more closely together to improve the way inequality is measured, a think-tank has recommended.
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4 Dec 17
The number of children and pensioners living in poverty is rising, according to research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation charity.
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18 Apr 17
The government should transform the prospects of the UK’s poorest towns and cities through its industrial strategy, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
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16 Jan 17
Just eight men hold the same wealth as the poorest half of the world’s population, Oxfam has found in a report that aims to put rampant global inequality into perspective.
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6 Sep 16
Theresa May has been urged to implement a long-term plan to tackle poverty in order to meet her pledge to make Britain work for everyone and boost the life chances of the first generation of children...
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1 Aug 16
Dealing with the effects of poverty costs the public purse around £78bn a year, equivalent to around 4% of the UK’s gross domestic product, according to research published today.
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18 Dec 15
Two parliamentary select committees have launched a rare joint-inquiry to scrutinise the government’s life chances strategy and the impact of early years intervention.
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14 Oct 15
Introduction of the national living wage is a welcome development. But it raises some big questions about the feasibility and fairness of pay restraint in the public sector.
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...
12 Mar 18Poverty among couples with children in Wales has risen over 10 years, a report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has highlighted.
5 Dec 17Whitehall departments and agencies should work more closely together to improve the way inequality is measured, a think-tank has recommended.
18 Apr 17The government should transform the prospects of the UK’s poorest towns and cities through its industrial strategy, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
16 Jan 17Just eight men hold the same wealth as the poorest half of the world’s population, Oxfam has found in a report that aims to put rampant global inequality into perspective.
6 Sep 16Theresa May has been urged to implement a long-term plan to tackle poverty in order to meet her pledge to make Britain work for everyone and boost the life chances of the first generation of children...
1 Aug 16Dealing with the effects of poverty costs the public purse around £78bn a year, equivalent to around 4% of the UK’s gross domestic product, according to research published today.
18 Dec 15Two parliamentary select committees have launched a rare joint-inquiry to scrutinise the government’s life chances strategy and the impact of early years intervention.
14 Oct 15Introduction of the national living wage is a welcome development. But it raises some big questions about the feasibility and fairness of pay restraint in the public sector.
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