Three in 10 children living in poverty, ‘shameful’ record figures show
Three in 10 children in the UK are living in poverty, according to record high government figures branded a “ source of ...
UK government's own estimate says welfare cuts to push 250,000 into poverty
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Eradicating child poverty ‘more challenging’ after spring statement – Swinney
John Swinney has said efforts to eradicate child poverty will be “more challenging” as a result of the welfare changes made ...
UK Welfare Reforms to Drive 250,000 More People Into Poverty
A quarter of a million people, including 50,000 children, will be pushed into relative poverty in the UK by 2030 as a result ...
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The UN's damning verdict on UK poverty must inspire us to force change
It is perhaps no surprise that the committee concluded what we can see all around us in our communities, that the UK government is not effectively addressing poverty. The UN were dismayed at the ...
The Mirror25d
UK faces surge in hygiene poverty with 4.4 million affected for the first time this year
The cost-of-living crisis and rising inflation have pushed nearly half of UK adults into hygiene poverty for the first time this year, according to a new report. A staggering 2.2 million families ...
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Millions more Brits are experiencing hygiene poverty this year as cost of living worsens
The cost-of-living crisis and escalating inflation have plunged nearly half of UK adults into hygiene poverty for the first time this year, a shocking new report reveals. An astonishing 2.2 ...
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Tackling poverty in the UK: New book explores roots of crisis
It looks at the poverty crisis in the UK, which has seen an increasing number of people relying on food banks and has been exacerbated by years of austerity measures, Brexit, the Covid-19 pandemic ...