The Chancellor has been accused of failing to tackle complaints that thousands of people are suffering from the “brutal rollout” of Universal Credit benefits. Campaign groups have warned that the
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Nearly half of claimants hit by the benefits freeze cannot afford essentials such as rent, bills and food, new data has revealed. Figures from Citizens Advice found that 49% of
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Jeremy Corbyn has warned the Government is “failing a whole generation of children” who are falling victim to rising homelessness and poverty. The Labour leader’s remarks come after a report
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A tax on the top 1% of earners could raise £10 billion per year and reduce inequality in the UK, Oxfam suggests. The international aid charity has published findings ahead
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Anne Longfield, the Children’s Commissioner for England, has published new research which shines a light on the thousands of children growing up in homeless families. The report, “Bleak houses: Tackling
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Thousands of children are growing up in “dangerous” converted shipping containers and office blocks in “cramped conditions”, a report has found. The Bleak Houses report by the Children’s Commissioner for
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Families are spending months in “cramped and unsafe” conditions by living inside converted shipping containers used as temporary accommodation for the homeless. Ealing Council constructed a number of the “heavily
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Pride must be restored to overlooked towns, and investment targeted at people locked out of opportunity in order to heal a post-Brexit Britain, a charity has urged. The Joseph Rowntree
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A Scottish charity is celebrating a milestone with more than 1.5 million children being provided meals at school. Mary’s Meals began in 2002 after being founded in a shed in
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Millions of people across Britain have been living deep below the poverty line since the millennium, according to an independent commission. The study by the Social Metrics Commission (SMC) found
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