Commission attacks government over living wage ‘scandal’
Measures should be taken to cut the number of low-paid workers by a million to end the “national scandal” of poverty, according to a new report. A year-long study by
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Tag: Poverty / Austerity
Commission claim ‘people increasingly blamed for being poor’
A poverty action group said people were being blamed for being poor and much of the cash being spent to help was failing to reach those who needed it most.
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Major study reveals poverty and depravation rising across the UK
The percentage of households that fall below society’s minimum standard of living has increased sharply over the last 30 years, despite the size of the economy doubling, experts say. Researchers
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£15m new funding to help disadvantaged Scots families
Thousands of the country’s most disadvantaged children, young people and families will benefit from £15 million of new funding over the next year, the Scottish Government has announced. It will
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JRF study warns of future poverty in Scotland
One in seven working-age adults and children could still be living below the poverty line by the mid-2020s, according to new research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). The research
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Archbishop of York: UK poverty gap ‘human rights abuse’
The Archbishop of York has described gaps in life expectancy between rich and poor in Britain as a “human rights abuse” as he warned against a “smug” attitude to images
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Child poverty measurement ‘particularly lamentable’
The Government’s plans to end child poverty are doomed to failure, its adviser on social mobility has warned as new estimates revealed the UK will be home to 3.5 million
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Dramatic increase in Scots using food banks
The need for food banks is a “stain on our national conscience” with reliance dramatically increasing in Scotland, a charity report has found. Changes to the welfare system, low wages,
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Millions of UK children ‘face life of poverty’ by 2020
A record five million children in the UK could be trapped in poverty by 2020, according to new research. The report from Save the Children reveals youngsters have paid the
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Report : 50,000 Welsh pensioners living in severe poverty
A 91-year-old woman was drying toilet paper on the radiator and eating just two boiled potatoes a day because she was so desperately short of money. That’s one of the
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