Poverty / Austerity – Care Appointments

New report questions decade of public services cuts and poor communication from Government

By Patrick Daly, Reporter3rd August 2020News England

A decade of cuts left the NHS and other public services “weakened” before they had to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, claims a report. In a joint inquiry by the

Working single mother wins landmark case against ‘irrational’ Universal Credit rules

By Catherine Wylie, Reporter21st July 2020News England

A working single mother has won a landmark High Court challenge against the Government’s Universal Credit rules for assessing earnings. The Department for Work and Pensions’ approach to calculating earnings

Campaign urges protection from eviction to prevent ‘misery’ of homelessness

By Alan Jones, Reporter20th July 2020News England

An alliance has been formed to protect renters from eviction and keep people in jobs and housing in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. Lord John Bird, founder of The

Warning over ‘perfect storm’ of rising fuel poverty and winter wave of Covid-19

By Emily Beament, Reporter15th July 2020News England

Hundreds of thousands more households could struggle to pay energy bills as a result of the coronavirus pandemic without more action to make homes warmer, it has been warned. More

Victims of modern slavery may number 100,000 in UK – ten times latest Government estimate

By Aine Fox, Reporter13th July 202013th July 2020News England

The “appalling abuse” of modern day slavery in the UK will take a “long time” to stamp out, the Justice Secretary has said, as another fashion brand announced an investigation

Government’s food poverty inaction costing poor children’s lives, says report

By Sophie Morris, Reporter6th July 2020News England

The Government’s inaction on food poverty is condemning many children to a life of ill health and costing the NHS billions, a committee report has found. The way Britain produces,

Around 4.5 million people in ‘deep poverty’ – a rise of 1.7 million in last 20 years – report

By Jemma Crew, Reporter1st July 2020News England

Around 4.5 million people are experiencing the deepest levels of poverty in the UK and have been hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, a commission has found. The proportion of

Benefits system ‘too inflexible and slow to support people’ during pandemic, report finds

By Jemma Crew, Reporter23rd June 2020News England

The benefits system has been “too inflexible and slow to adapt to support people” at times during the coronavirus pandemic, a report has found. The Government must increase the rates

Marcus Rashford ‘grateful’ for Government U-turn on policy to provide free school meals

By Harriet Line, Reporter17th June 2020News England

England footballer Marcus Rashford has said he is “grateful” that Boris Johnson made a U-turn to provide free school meal vouchers to eligible pupils over the summer holidays. The Manchester

Huge rise in emergency cash applications to children’s charity

By Neil Pooran, Reporter5th June 2020News Scotland

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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