Asylum seekers are living in poverty amid the coronavirus lockdown, and having to choose between buying food and medicine, a charity has warned. Campaigners have called on the Government to
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Dozens of child poverty charities are braced to close within half a year if they are not able to replace funds lost due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Childhood Trust
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A children’s charity has reported a 1,100% increase in applications for its emergency cash fund during the first week of the coronavirus lockdown. Aberlour Child Care Trust said many families
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Concerns over deaths linked to benefits system difficulties should prevent a Government department “marking its own homework”, ministers have been told. Labour MP Debbie Abrahams claimed there is “growing evidence”
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Leading homelessness charities have written to the Prime Minister calling for those sleeping rough to be recognised as a vulnerable group as the coronavirus outbreak takes hold. Homeless people should
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The Government should make cash available for low-income families so children can still be fed if schools close during the coronavirus outbreak, charities have said. Some 18 groups have written
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More than a third of people who asked their local authority for help remained or became homeless due to a lack of affordable housing, a report suggests. Some 38% of
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A £236 million initiative aimed at helping get rough sleepers off the streets has been unveiled by the Prime Minister. As part of the move, Boris Johnson said that former
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“Flatlining” life expectancy and worsening health inequalities over the past 10 years have led an expert to declare a “lost” decade in England. Professor Sir Michael Marmot (pictured) said the
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An MP fought back tears as she read out the names of people who have died after experiencing difficulties with the benefits system. Labour’s Debbie Abrahams (pictured) spent almost three
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