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Nadine Dorries asks telecoms companies to promote deals for people on benefits

Digital Secretary Nadine Dorries has written a letter to UK broadband companies asking them to consider raising awareness of their low-cost social tariffs for people on benefits. The appeal was sent to the bosses of BT, O2, Virgin and KCom and ...

02 Apr 2022 at 23:55

Child poverty fell during pandemic amid temporary universal credit uplift

Child poverty in the UK fell to the lowest level in seven years in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, research suggests, with charities suggesting this is likely down to extra support given to families. The percentage of children ...

12 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Reducing poverty and inequality should be ‘urgent public health necessity’

Reducing poverty and economic inequality in the UK should be an “urgent public health necessity” as these are “toxic” to mental and physical health, a report warns. The Centre for Mental Health is sounding the alarm over a “public health ...

26 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Millions of world’s poorest missing out on social security help – UN

Millions of the poorest and most marginalised people in the world are missing out on help from social security systems set up to protect them, a UN report warns. This includes an estimated 280,000 to 390,000 people in the UK who wrongly ...

24 Jun 2022 at 10:00

Teaching unions push for free school meals expansion

Teaching unions push for free school meal expansion – report

Teaching unions have written to the Chancellor and Education Secretary asking for free school meals to be provided to all children from families receiving Universal Credit in England. Unions and organisations claiming to represent one ...

31 May 2022 at 14:40

Independent food banks ‘desperately worried’ following ‘alarming’ inflation rise

Independent food banks are “desperately worried” about how they will continue to operate amid soaring demand and “alarming” inflation figures. People unable to afford essentials are increasingly asking for food they do not need to ...

18 May 2022 at 14:55

Independent food banks ‘desperately worried’ following ‘alarming’ inflation rise

18 May 2022 at 19:34

More than half of black children growing up in poverty – Labour

More than half of black children in the UK are growing up in poverty, analysis of official data shows. Some 53% of black children were living in poverty in 2019-20, up from 42% a decade earlier, according to Labour Party ...

03 Jan 2022 at 14:25

‘Staggering’ 4 million children in families on Universal Credit in August – DWP

More than four million children are living in families which receive Universal Credit, latest figures suggest. Some 4,030,796 children were living in households receiving the benefit as of August, according to data from ...

15 Nov 2022 at 18:49

Number of people in poverty in UK back to pre-pandemic levels

The number of people living in poverty in the UK has almost returned to pre-pandemic levels, with a children’s charity accusing the Government of knowing what help is needed but choosing not to give it. A total of 14.4 ...

23 Mar 2023 at 11:24

Parents on Universal Credit ‘prisoners to the high cost of childcare’, MPs warn

Parents on Universal Credit (UC) who want to work or increase their hours are being held “prisoners to the high cost of childcare”, MPs have warned. Support for childcare costs through the benefit is only enough to ...

20 Dec 2022 at 00:01

Four in 10 families ‘unable to afford decent living standard’ by next election

Four in 10 families will be unable to afford what people believe is a decent standard of living by the next general election, analysis suggests. Some 30.6 million people will not be able to afford essentials, such ...

13 Dec 2022 at 15:05

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