Poverty

Nomadland: A life on the road because you’re too poor to retire
Film

Nomadland: A life on the road because you’re too poor to retire

More than 300,000 children register for free school meals in Covid chaos
Social Justice

More than 300,000 children register for free school meals in Covid chaos

Number of families hit by benefit cap more than doubled during pandemic
Social Justice

Number of families hit by benefit cap more than doubled during pandemic

Benefits stigma decreased after pandemic support measures
Social Justice

Benefits stigma decreased after pandemic support measures

Three quarters of children in poverty live in a working household
Social Justice

Three quarters of children in poverty live in a working household

Covid impact could increase demand to ‘crisis-proof’ people’s incomes
Social Justice

Covid impact could increase demand to ‘crisis-proof’ people’s incomes

Universal Credit claims double since March
Social Justice

Universal Credit claims double since March

Extend free school meals now to cut child poverty, MSPs tell Sturgeon
Social Justice

Extend free school meals now to cut child poverty, MSPs tell Sturgeon

Social investing: Here’s how you can invest to help build a better world
Money

Social investing: Here’s how you can invest to help build a better world

Pandemic fuel poverty forcing people to choose between heating and food
Social Justice

Pandemic fuel poverty forcing people to choose between heating and food

Prioritise people in poverty for Covid vaccine, says Manchester mayor
Social Justice

Prioritise people in poverty for Covid vaccine, says Manchester mayor

Two thirds of single parents went without food in lockdown
Social Justice

Two thirds of single parents went without food in lockdown

‘People are losing weight’: Asylum seekers reveal shocking meals in lockdown
Social Justice

‘People are losing weight’: Asylum seekers reveal shocking meals in lockdown

‘No one deserves to starve’: UK cities back call to make food a legal right
Social Justice

‘No one deserves to starve’: UK cities back call to make food a legal right

Minister denies disabled people have been ‘treated badly’ in benefits scandal
Social Justice

Minister denies disabled people have been ‘treated badly’ in benefits scandal

How Take One Leave One is helping people through the freezing winter weather
Social Justice

How Take One Leave One is helping people through the freezing winter weather

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Scottish Government’s budget ‘falls short’ of supporting struggling families
Social Justice

Scottish Government’s budget ‘falls short’ of supporting struggling families

Women’s work is the bedrock of society – it’s time ministers support them
Opinion

Women’s work is the bedrock of society – it’s time ministers support them

Government faces court action over rule punishing migrants in lockdown
Social Justice

Government faces court action over rule punishing migrants in lockdown

Council’s vote to make food a legal right is ‘remarkable’
Social Justice

Council’s vote to make food a legal right is ‘remarkable’