Nearly half of parents are struggling to afford food for their children more now than five years ago
New research warns that family hardship has deepened despite years ...
Tag: poverty
Barnardo’s urges new Scottish government to be ‘brave and bold for children’
Ahead of this week’s Scottish parliament election, Barnardo's Scotland has ...
DWP advertising a £2m contract for vehicle-based covert ‘live’ surveillance cameras to spy on benefit claimants
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has quietly started ...
New report links child hunger to global financial corruption
New research published by Results UK to mark World Health ...
London has the highest levels of child poverty in the UK
It's obvious why London has the highest level of child ...
New data shows rise in poverty with more action needed
Poverty levels have increased slightly during the first year of ...
The PM’s cost of living policies aren’t just piecemeal – they’re dire
In a speech outside Downing Street this week, Keir Starmer ...
Take Back Power supporters redistribute food from supermarkets to foodbanks
Take Back Power supporters have been redistributing food from supermarkets ...
Trussell food banks provided over 2.6 million food parcels in 2025
Food bank charity Trussell has released its figures for 2025. ...
Poorer households increasingly forced to use private dentists
The number of people in hardship who are having to ...
UN Rapporteur: Endless growth agenda is pushing us to the brink
World leaders' relentless focus on economic growth is a key ...
Reform just revealed its plan to tackle poverty is to deny it exists
If you're wondering how Reform plan to tackle poverty, we ...
Lifting the two child cap will only reduce poverty by 1% come 2029
A new report has found that poverty is so bad, ...
Labour next to useless as people in “very deep poverty” reaches highest level ever
Keir Starmer's Labour government is doing very little to address ...
‘Sponsor a child’ finally exposed as racist with ActionAid now backing grassroots projects instead
The Guardian has reported that ActionAid Co-leaders Taahra Ghazi and ...
Labour peer just let slip he thinks poor people should be allowed to use assisted dying
Assisted dying was back on the House of Lords agenda ...
North East towns rot whilst suicide rates skyrocket
Content warning: this article contains discussions around suicide which some ...
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