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In-work poverty hitting 800,000 more children in past decade, union figures suggest

By Alan Jones, Reporter18th November 2019News England

The number of children growing up in poverty in working households has increased by 800,000 since 2010, a new study suggests. The TUC said its analysis indicated that child poverty

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Charity warn over 22,000 young people at risk of being homeless at Christmas

By Luke Powell, Reporter15th November 2019News England

More than 22,000 vulnerable young people will be at risk of being homeless in the weeks leading up to Christmas, a charity claims. Centrepoint said thousands of people aged 16

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Over £1 billion being spent on temporary accommodation for homeless

By Alan Jones, Reporter14th November 2019News England

A leading charity has described as “shocking” figures showing that councils spent more than £1 billion on temporary accommodation for homeless households in England in the past year. Shelter said

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Food bank charity report busiest ever period with 820,000 emergency parcels given out

By Catherine Wylie, Reporter13th November 2019News England

A food bank charity says it has recorded its busiest ever six month period, with more than a third of its emergency parcels going to children. The Trussell Trust, which

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Advertising watchdog bans Government ads on Universal Credit for misleading public

By Josie Clarke, Reporter6th November 2019News England

A series of Government ads aiming to dispel “myths” about Universal Credit have been banned by a regulator for misleading the public. The six ads for the Department for Work

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Tenant unable to heat home after landlord isolates thermostat control in cage

By Megan Baynes, Reporter6th November 2019News England

A London tenant was left unable to warm his house up after his landlord put the thermostat in a cage. Alex Milsom shared a picture of the thermostat on Twitter,

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Claimants turning to ‘survival sex’ during five-week Universal Credit delay – MPs warn

By Harriet Line, Reporter25th October 2019News England

The five-week wait for the first Universal Credit payment is often why people say they are forced to exchange sex to meet their survival needs, MPs have warned. An inquiry

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Will Smith and Dame Helen Mirren urge public to join sleep-out to end homelessness

By Alex Green, Reporter22nd October 2019News England

Will Smith has urged the public to think about those who “don’t have a place to call home” in a video promoting a mass sleep-out to help end homelessness. The

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Labour MP hits out at TV programmes for ‘creeping normalisation’ of poverty

By Josh Thomas, Parliamentary Reporter16th October 2019News England

“Poverty porn” programmes on television are normalising the idea of the “deserving and the undeserving poor”, and MP has said. Labour MP Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)

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Scottish Government announce £7M poverty fund to help mitigate no-deal Brexit

By Katrine Bussey, Scotland Political Editor8th October 2019News Scotland

The Scottish Government has committed £7 million for a new fund to help tackle poverty in the event of a no-deal Brexit, as price hikes could push 130,000 Scots into

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In-work poverty hitting 800,000 more children in past decade, union figures suggest

Charity warn over 22,000 young people at risk of being homeless at Christmas

Food bank charity report busiest ever period with 820,000 emergency parcels given out

Advertising watchdog bans Government ads on Universal Credit for misleading public

Tenant unable to heat home after landlord isolates thermostat control in cage

Claimants turning to ‘survival sex’ during five-week Universal Credit delay – MPs warn

Will Smith and Dame Helen Mirren urge public to join sleep-out to end homelessness

Labour MP hits out at TV programmes for ‘creeping normalisation’ of poverty

Scottish Government announce £7M poverty fund to help mitigate no-deal Brexit

In-work poverty hitting 800,000 more children in past decade, union figures suggest

‘Trend’ of transferring NHS staff to private companies ‘unacceptable’, UNISON

Lessons should be learned from Jean McConville case, trauma centre chief

Social services wrongly believed IRA victim had ‘abandoned her children’

Extend same-sex marriage right to all couples, says Labour’s Conor McGinn

Planned strikes by Frimley hospital workers called off after last-minute talks

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