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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Tag: Poverty / Austerity
Poverty gap widens as ONS figures show ‘rich getting richer’
The richest 10% of British households own 44% of total household wealth, according to official figures that show this share has increased under the Coalition while families have become worse
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Family Fund forced to suspend Welsh grants to vulnerable
A charity has had to suspend the awarding of grants to low-income families in Wales as it waits for delayed funding from the Welsh government. The Family Fund, which relies
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Inequalities expert claims welfare reforms ‘will damage children’
Changes to the tax and benefits system brought in by the UK Government will “damage our children”, a health inequalities expert has told MSPs. Analysis of the changes, which include
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Referrals reveal half of Welsh families suffering serious problems
A charity that helps Welsh families with young children says almost half the parents referred to it have “serious hidden problems”. New data from Home-Start reveals almost half (49%) of
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Attainment gap : Wealthy children significantly outperform poorer children
The attainment gap between children from poorer families and their better off peers begins before they reach school age and continues to widen throughout their education, a new report has
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Third of Scots children in families with ‘no wealth’
Almost a third of children in Scotland are living in households which have almost no wealth, according to new analysis of a UK-wide survey. The Wealth and Assets Survey 2008-10
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DWP director suggests food bank users do it through choice
The rise of food banks is the result of “poor people maximising their economic opportunities” and has not been caused by tougher rules over benefit payments, a senior UK Government
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CAB report more Scots relying on food parcels
One in 50 Citizens Advice Bureau Scotland clients have said they do not have enough money to buy food, according to new figures. The organisation said that between January and
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‘Perfect storm’ plunges poorest into still deeper poverty, says Oxfam
Almost 1.75 million of the poorest families in the UK have been made poorer by a “perfect storm” of changes to the welfare system over the last three years, a
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