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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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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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 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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“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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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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Food bank referrals have become an every-day part of social work practice across Scotland – with social workers even using their own money to make sure families have enough to
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A UN poverty expert has said Scotland is on “a very different trajectory” to the rest of the UK when it comes to social security. Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur
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The Government has been urged to take action on homelessness after new figures revealed that two homeless people died in England and Wales every day last year. Deaths of homeless
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People who live close to the sea have better mental health than those who live further away, regardless of their household income, a new study suggests. According to scientists, living
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