Charities have expressed disappointment in the Government’s plan to tackle anti-social behaviour, calling it a “further criminalisation of vulnerable people”. Part of the proposals include targeting beggars causing a “nuisance”
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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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Thousands of needy families are to benefit from the donation of 400,000 household essentials through a new charity initiative supported by Amazon. Former prime minister Gordon Brown and Mayor of
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Record numbers of first-time callers worried about money and jobs contacted Samaritans for help last month. The charity said it had an average of 400 calls a day in February
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Union leaders have joined with medics, faith groups and charities to challenge the three candidates vying to become Scotland’s next first minister to do more to tackle child poverty. Some
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Almost half of children who become homeless have been forced to move schools – with a third missing more than a month of teaching, according to a new report. Leading
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Ofgem is lowering its energy price cap – the amount suppliers are able to charge – from the current £4,279 per year to £3,280 for the average household, effective from
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Football pundit Chris Kamara has delivered a petition to Downing Street calling for changes to pension rules for people dying of a terminal illness. The 65-year-old presenter, representatives of Marie
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More than half of people believe the Government should be doing more to support services for women and children affected by abuse amid the cost-of-living crisis, a survey suggests. The
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