Half of Scots are regularly skipping meals or going without essential foods to cope with the cost-of-living crisis, according to new research. A survey of more than 1,500 adults by
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Food bank usage in Scotland and the north of England is the highest in the UK, according to official figures. The Family Resources Survey, published by the Department for Work
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The struggle to afford food has affected a quarter of households where an NHS or social care worker lives and more than a fifth where teachers or teaching assistants live,
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Nurses have criticised Conservative MP and former levelling up secretary Simon Clarke for his suggestion that they need to budget better if they are having to rely on food banks.
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The number of households in fuel poverty will increase to 8.4 million from April – up from last October’s 4.5 million – when Government support drops despite spiralling prices, campaigners
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Many people on low incomes will have breathed a sigh of relief when the UK Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt announced, in his autumn statement on November 17 2022, that he would
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The Government must “begin reversing the family poverty crisis” by increasing child benefit and making changes to ensure children in larger families are not penalised, a new report warns. Even
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More than four million children are living in families which receive Universal Credit, latest figures suggest. Some 4,030,796 children were living in households receiving the benefit as of August, according
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The Government must wake up to the twin problems of material insecurity and mental distress, which are doing “great harm” to the economy and individual wellbeing, a charity has said.
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The founder of a support network for mothers has said it is bracing itself for its busiest winter as it reported a 500% rise in the number of referrals to
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