Dozens of charities on the front line dealing with a “tsunami of need” caused by the cost-of-living crisis have called on the Government to provide urgent financial support to vulnerable
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A “significant humanitarian crisis with millions of children’s development blighted” is on the way if the Government does not act to prevent more than half of UK households plunging into
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Food bank users are now requesting “non-cook food” after surging energy prices mean they “can’t afford to put the oven on”, organisations have warned. The cost-of-living crisis has seen a
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Social housing tenants in England could be protected from spiralling rents during the cost-of-living crisis with a cap from next April, the Government has said. Rent increases for people living
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As many as 96% of people living in Shetland could be pushed into fuel poverty by next year, the local authority has warned. Rising fuel prices are expected to impact
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More councils have signalled using churches, community centres and libraries as so-called ‘warm banks’ for people unable to afford to heat their homes this winter. Birmingham, which is England’s biggest
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Almost three-quarters of households in Scotland could end up suffering from fuel poverty as a result of the latest increase in the energy price cap, the boss of an advisory
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Mothers of disabled children have appealed to the Government for urgent help with spiralling energy bills – saying “our families are going to suffer” and warning of a political “reckoning”.
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The energy price cap rise is “simply unaffordable for millions” and must be cancelled, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said. Ofgem has confirmed an 80.06% rise in the cap,
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The Government must urgently intervene to help struggling households with ballooning energy costs – or risk a “full-blown economic crisis” and mental health emergency, charities and think tanks have warned.
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