Close to one million households who initially slipped through the cracks of a programme designed to help people with their energy bills will be able to apply for support from
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More than three million low-income households cannot afford to heat their homes, new research shows, posing a risk to their health as a severe chill sweeps the UK. The UK
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Disabled people “should not have to rely on celebrities to swoop in and save the day” over energy support, Labour has said. Shadow minister Vicky Foxcroft raised the case in
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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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More than 60 charities have written to the Prime Minister demanding more support for millions of UK households in fuel poverty. A survey for the End Fuel Poverty Coalition suggests
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