Poverty / Austerity – Page 86

Hundreds of thousands expected for anti-austerity march

By The Press Association5th June 2015News England

Organisers of an anti-austerity protest are predicting that hundreds of thousands of people will join the demonstration. The People’s Assembly said 70,000 had already pledged support for the event in

Scottish Government demands clarity over £12 billion welfare cuts

By Iain MacDonald3rd June 2015News Scotland

The Scottish Government has called on the UK Government to clarify the extent of its proposed £12 billion welfare cuts and urgently outline how they will impact on Scotland’s new

Tesco trialling scheme to give charities unsold food

By The Press Association3rd June 2015News England

Tesco is trialling a scheme to give away unsold food at the end of each day to charities such as homeless hostels and children’s breakfast clubs. The supermarket giant revealed

Third of Londoners struggling with rising living costs

By The Press Association19th May 2015News England

A third of Londoners cannot afford a decent standard of living because of extra costs of living in the capital, such as housing and transport, according to a new report.

Engage: What impact does the rising employment rate have on poverty?

By Catherine Davie15th May 2015Engage

Labour Market Statistics released yesterday show employment is at its highest since records began, and unemployment is decreasing rapidly, says Catherine Davie. But what impact does this have on poverty?

‘Segregated’ Britain more diverse with far wider inequalities

By Iain MacDonald14th May 2015News England

Fifty years on from the first Race Relations Act, new research from The University of Manchester and UCL finds that so-called ‘segregated’ Britain is both more diverse – and home

New study shows ‘dramatic change’ in UK living standards

By Iain MacDonald6th May 2015News England

Changes in the living standards of the UK population have fallen, particularly since the April 2013 cuts in social security and other austerity measures took effect, according to new analyses

Call to tackle in-work poverty for Scots children and families

By Iain MacDonald6th May 2015News Scotland

The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) Scotland and UNISON have joined together to call on political parties to lay out policies to tackle in-work poverty. The call comes as the

Social workers must speak out against austerity

By Iain MacDonald1st May 2015News England

Social workers must collectively speak out as a profession against the damage austerity is doing to society’s most vulnerable citizens, the Chair of the British Association of Social Workers said.

Around 400,000 children amongst 1M now using foodbanks

By The Press Association22nd April 2015News England

The number of people using foodbanks has reached a record one million after an increase in workers on low pay having to seek emergency help for food, new figures have

Tag: Poverty / Austerity

Hundreds of thousands expected for anti-austerity march

Scottish Government demands clarity over £12 billion welfare cuts

Tesco trialling scheme to give charities unsold food

Third of Londoners struggling with rising living costs

Engage: What impact does the rising employment rate have on poverty?

‘Segregated’ Britain more diverse with far wider inequalities

New study shows ‘dramatic change’ in UK living standards

Call to tackle in-work poverty for Scots children and families

Social workers must speak out against austerity

Around 400,000 children amongst 1M now using foodbanks

Mother’s anger after coroner finds Army failures contributed to Jaysley’s death

Thirty councils in severe financial distress granted support to protect services

More than half of councils face insolvency over special needs spending – survey

Man with Down’s syndrome died after care worker ‘landed on him’ in swimming pool

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Tag: Poverty / Austerity

Hundreds of thousands expected for anti-austerity march

Scottish Government demands clarity over £12 billion welfare cuts

Tesco trialling scheme to give charities unsold food

Third of Londoners struggling with rising living costs

Engage: What impact does the rising employment rate have on poverty?

‘Segregated’ Britain more diverse with far wider inequalities

New study shows ‘dramatic change’ in UK living standards

Call to tackle in-work poverty for Scots children and families

Social workers must speak out against austerity

Around 400,000 children amongst 1M now using foodbanks