Poverty

Broke: New BBC series shows ‘perfect storm of poverty’ in austerity Britain
Social Justice

Broke: New BBC series shows ‘perfect storm of poverty’ in austerity Britain

Regulator launches guidelines for lenders to protect vulnerable consumers
Money

Regulator launches guidelines for lenders to protect vulnerable consumers

Eliminating in-work poverty must be ‘number one priority’ after Brexit
Social Justice

Eliminating in-work poverty must be ‘number one priority’ after Brexit

Campaigners urge financial watchdog to cap credit card costs to slash debt
Money

Campaigners urge financial watchdog to cap credit card costs to slash debt

UK government ‘drops the mic’ in response to the UN’s poverty report
Social Justice

UK government ‘drops the mic’ in response to the UN’s poverty report

Kartik Raj: Why it’s high time for the UK government to face poverty facts
Opinion

Kartik Raj: Why it’s high time for the UK government to face poverty facts

Make transport more affordable to curb Scottish poverty, says report
Social Justice

Make transport more affordable to curb Scottish poverty, says report

Breathing Space scheme coming in 2021 to ease debt harassment
Social Justice

Breathing Space scheme coming in 2021 to ease debt harassment

The UN’s poverty report slams government for ‘mean-spirited’ austerity
Social Justice

The UN’s poverty report slams government for ‘mean-spirited’ austerity

High-cost credit complaints are up by 130 per cent this year
Money

High-cost credit complaints are up by 130 per cent this year

Gap between rich and poor is ‘making a mockery of democracy’
Social Justice

Gap between rich and poor is ‘making a mockery of democracy’

A Big Issue vendor visited Birmingham’s controversial ‘poverty experience’
Social Justice

A Big Issue vendor visited Birmingham’s controversial ‘poverty experience’

Missing one council tax payment can cost more than £2,000
Social Justice

Missing one council tax payment can cost more than £2,000

Children on free schools meals twice as likely to be unemployed later in life
Social Justice

Children on free schools meals twice as likely to be unemployed later in life

Britain’s secret shame: Funeral poverty and the crippling cost of dying
Social Justice

Britain’s secret shame: Funeral poverty and the crippling cost of dying

Benefits freeze and Brexit uncertainty continues to leave families on brink
Social Justice

Benefits freeze and Brexit uncertainty continues to leave families on brink

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Are foodbanks making Britain’s hunger crisis worse?
Social Justice

Are foodbanks making Britain’s hunger crisis worse?

Deprived children are going hungry after missing out on school dinners
Social Justice

Deprived children are going hungry after missing out on school dinners

Utopian realist Rutger Bregman capsizes our preconceptions on poverty
Social Justice

Utopian realist Rutger Bregman capsizes our preconceptions on poverty

Child poverty will hit a 20-year high in Scotland by 2023
Social Justice

Child poverty will hit a 20-year high in Scotland by 2023