Single parents owed millions of pounds for child maintenance, study reveals
Single parents in parts of the UK are owed millions of pounds in unpaid child maintenance, a new study shows. More than £6 million is owed in areas of West
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Children’s Commissioner calls for increase in child benefit for poorest families
Scotland’s Children’s Commissioner has backed calls for the Scottish Government to use new powers to top up child benefit payments to the poorest families. Tam Baillie said the move, recommended
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Engage: Kindness Matters – Exploring the power of everyday words and actions
Gradually it comes into focus, when you step back from the routine. Words and acts of kindness – even very small – are part of what makes us human and
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50-point Fairer Scotland Action Plan aims to tackle poverty and inequalities
A new 50-point action plan aimed at creating a fairer Scotland by 2030 has been unveiled by ministers. Communities Secretary Angela Constance hailed the publication of the “bold and ambitious
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DWP to announce reassessments for chronically ill benefits claimants will be scrapped
Sickness benefits claimants will no longer have to go through reassessments to keep their payments if they suffer from chronic illnesses, the Work and Pensions Secretary is to announce. Employment
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Minister in call for radical reform of personal independence payments
Scotland’s Social Security Secretary has called for “radical” reform of the personal independence payment (PIP) system across the UK. Angela Constance highlighted figures showing almost two-thirds (65%) of disabled people
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Academic study links recessions to suicides and mental health problems
A recent study from academics at City, University of London has shown that the 2008 recession in Europe was associated with adverse health outcomes, as the crisis was linked to
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MPs clash over plans to extend welfare reforms into Northern Ireland
Plans to extend the Government’s welfare reforms into Northern Ireland have been greeted with protests by MPs. Measures such as the benefit cap, universal credit and personal independence payments would
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Think tank urges Government to put more effort into alleviating poverty
Poverty could be effectively eliminated for the “Brexit generation” by 2030 if the Government puts more effort into helping the poor, a think tank has said. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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Food poverty leaves one in every 25 in England too hard-up to feed themselves
One in 25 people in England cannot afford to feed themselves, research suggests. A new study estimates that 4.1% of the population is facing the worsening problem of food poverty,
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