An estimated 4.8 million households across England have housing affordability problems, a report has found. This equates to more than one in five (21%) households across the country, according to
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Families struggling with Universal Credit are “guinea pigs that this Government is experimenting on”, with some being driven to try to take their own lives, MPs have heard. Labour MP
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Children’s centres reduce the gap in hospitalisations between rich and poor areas, a study suggests. Originally launched as Sure Start centres 20 years ago, the centres aim to give children
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Low-income families are now able to apply for a new benefit to help cover the costs of sending a child to school. Applications for the School Age Payment can be
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More than 130,000 households missed out on free food vouchers last year while the Government “wasted time fighting over Brexit”, health and welfare charities claim. In a joint letter to
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Urgent action is needed to improve help for vulnerable energy customers, according to an independent report. Energy companies, regulators, the Government and price comparison sites must better identify vulnerable consumers
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The gaps between the richest and poorest parts of the UK will widen without Government action, a former head of the Civil Service has warned. Lord Kerslake, who led the
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The scrapping of start-date protections under Universal Credit (UC) is “deeply alarming”, the DWP has been told. MSPs have warned thousands of Scots are suffering financially because UC no longer
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A charity based on Belfast’s longest peace wall welcomed its first royal visitor as the Duchess of Cornwall called in to speak with some of the city’s homeless. The Belfast
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The UK has violated its human rights obligations through sustained and widespread cuts to social support, a UN poverty expert has found. UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human
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