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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A new study examining alcohol use by asylum seekers has found long waiting times for claims to be determined, together with social isolation and poverty, can contribute to problem drinking.
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The debate over extending the free school meals scheme to help vulnerable children over the holidays is like “something out of Oliver Twist,” the Children’s Commissioner for England has said.
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England football star Marcus Rashford vowed to keep campaigning to extend free school meals over the holidays after MPs voted against the measure. The Manchester United player told politicians to
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The Government’s “two-child limit” for welfare payments will cause “deep and inescapable child poverty”, the UK’s highest court has been told. It “fails to recognise children as deserving of social
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Years of austerity have left many vulnerable families facing destitution, according to a new report from NSPCC Scotland and Barnardo’s Scotland. Challenges from the Frontline – Revisited highlights that family
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The lives of homeless people will be lost this winter without Government action to keep them off the streets and in accommodation where they can socially distance, a coalition has
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Thousands of care leavers in England are unable to access education, work or to keep in touch with others because they lack internet connectivity, a group of youth charities have
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Charities and community organisations are to split £200 million over the next 10 years to tackle poverty and trauma. The Robertson Trust has announced the funding as part of its
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Hundreds of thousands of elderly people could be lifted out of poverty with full uptake of pension credit, according to a charity. Independent Age has produced a report saying only
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