Poverty
Food banks forced to ration parcels and dip into cash reserves as donations drop
Food banks forced to ration parcels and dip into cash reserves as donations drop
Families denied welfare due to immigration rules can now apply for free school meals
Families denied welfare due to immigration rules can now apply for free school meals
Spring Budget: Sunak’s statement ‘won’t touch the sides’ for single parents
Spring Budget: Sunak’s statement ‘won’t touch the sides’ for single parents
Spring Budget will leave low-income families ‘stranded,’ say anti-poverty campaigners
Spring Budget will leave low-income families ‘stranded,’ say anti-poverty campaigners
Campaigners head to Downing Street to demand ‘unjust’ benefit cap is scrapped in Budget
Campaigners head to Downing Street to demand ‘unjust’ benefit cap is scrapped in Budget
Met Police drop court case against woman for begging after legal challenge
Met Police drop court case against woman for begging after legal challenge
Skint: the BBC’s new series of monologues are informed by lived experience of poverty
Skint: the BBC’s new series of monologues are informed by lived experience of poverty
This week’s Big TV Picks: Skint, Then Barbara Met Alan and Top Boy
This week’s Big TV Picks: Skint, Then Barbara Met Alan and Top Boy
‘The impact could be fatal’: Jack Monroe urges MPs to support families amid cost of living crisis
‘The impact could be fatal’: Jack Monroe urges MPs to support families amid cost of living crisis
Brits are facing the biggest drop in real-terms income since the 1970s
Brits are facing the biggest drop in real-terms income since the 1970s
Exclusive: You can’t get a job if you can’t afford the internet, say 9 in 10 Brits
Exclusive: You can’t get a job if you can’t afford the internet, say 9 in 10 Brits
‘Heartbreaking’ reports from food bank users show mental health impact of poverty
‘Heartbreaking’ reports from food bank users show mental health impact of poverty
School life leaves children in poverty feeling ‘embarrassed and excluded’
School life leaves children in poverty feeling ‘embarrassed and excluded’
‘It’s a basic human dignity’: Asylum seekers could soon be allowed to work in the UK
‘It’s a basic human dignity’: Asylum seekers could soon be allowed to work in the UK
Brits told to brace for ‘cost of living crisis driven by war’ as violence unfolds in Ukraine
Brits told to brace for ‘cost of living crisis driven by war’ as violence unfolds in Ukraine
Nine million families will be £500 worse off from April
Nine million families will be £500 worse off from April
Half of people using food banks are stuck in debt to the government
Half of people using food banks are stuck in debt to the government
Scrapping free tests and Covid sick pay labelled an ‘act of national self-sabotage’
Scrapping free tests and Covid sick pay labelled an ‘act of national self-sabotage’
Storm Eunice: Vulnerable flood victims need more protection, government told
Storm Eunice: Vulnerable flood victims need more protection, government told
‘We could be creating flood risk ghettos’: How flooding hits the UK’s poorest hardest
