The cost-of-living crisis has led to “bed poverty” where children in the UK end up sleeping on old mattresses on the floor because families are having to prioritise money for
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Fresh thinking is needed to tackle an ongoing issue of loneliness in society which is being exacerbated by cost-of-living pressures, charities said. Fourteen organisations – including the British Red Cross,
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The poorest families will see no direct benefit from the expansion of free childcare, a study has found, as the Government is accused of failing to prioritise inequalities in children’s
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A target to end rough sleeping by next year will not be met by the Government amid “chronic and unresolved” issues in the housing system, a report by a group
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People born into poorer families could be finding it more difficult than at any point in the last 50 years to move up the wealth ladder, researchers have suggested. Parental
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Almost 5,000 excess winter deaths were caused by cold homes last year, a charity has warned MPs. Simon Francis, co-ordinator at the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, told the Commons Energy
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A leading children’s charity has said Humza Yousaf’s Programme for Government represented a “timid step forward” in the fight against poverty. The First Minister said he would push to end
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Humza Yousaf set his sights on tackling the “scourge of poverty” as he revealed the Scottish Government’s priorities for the coming year. In a wide ranging speech, the Scottish First
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More help is needed for vulnerable people this winter as those with particular health issues and their families face “impossible choices” on energy costs, a charity has said. Some families
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The constant threat of benefit sanctions makes it harder for a majority unemployed people to find appropriate jobs, new research suggests. Polling of people who are out of work and
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