For more than a decade, drug-related deaths (DRD) in Scotland have been rising – alongside evidence which suggests that the country has had much less success in treating and supporting
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Boris Johnson has said he is “reluctant” to link high coronavirus death rates in the south Wales valleys to austerity measures imposed by previous UK Governments. The Prime Minister said
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The number of rough sleepers known to be living on London’s streets has risen by almost a quarter in three months, figures show. There were 412 rough sleepers deemed to
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Single men were the largest group owed homelessness support in the six months following the first coronavirus lockdown, figures show. Around half (50.6%) of homeless households owed help in England
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Downing Street has said the contents of some free school meal food parcels sent to families are “completely unacceptable” and the Government is looking into the issue. It came as
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More than a quarter of a million adults and children in England are homeless and living in temporary accommodation during the pandemic, according to a new report. Standing at 253,000,
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The founder of The Big Issue has described 2020 as “the worst of all years” but also a year of great social kindness, as vendors prepare to return to the
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Six million people will lose out if the Government becomes the first since the Great Depression to cut unemployment benefits during a crisis, Labour has claimed. MPs heard that 5.8
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Millions of families on Universal Credit are facing “agonising uncertainty” after the Government’s spending review did not address calls for benefit increases to be extended, charities have warned. Since April
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Trussell Trust food banks handed out a record 1.2 million emergency parcels in the six months to September, the charity reported. More than 470,000 of the supplies went to children,
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