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UK's poorest areas facing Covid-19 'double whammy' of illness and poverty
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UK's poorest areas facing Covid-19 'double whammy' of illness and poverty

Covid-19’s economic storm ‘blowing Scottish child poverty targets off course’
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Covid-19’s economic storm ‘blowing Scottish child poverty targets off course’

Make mail about 'people not letter boxes' to help rough sleepers
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Make mail about 'people not letter boxes' to help rough sleepers

'You can’t eat toilet paper': Life in lockdown with refugees at home
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'You can’t eat toilet paper': Life in lockdown with refugees at home

Sarah Lamptey knows the value of a hot shower for people on the margins
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Sarah Lamptey knows the value of a hot shower for people on the margins

‘Hygiene shaming is a huge obstacle for kids’
Beauty Banks
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‘Hygiene shaming is a huge obstacle for kids’

Taking on hygiene poverty in the time of Covid-19
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Taking on hygiene poverty in the time of Covid-19

Streets Kitchen project teams up with local libraries to fight period poverty
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Streets Kitchen project teams up with local libraries to fight period poverty

Foodbanks could give out six food parcels every minute this winter
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Foodbanks could give out six food parcels every minute this winter

Covid-19 protections for people in poverty are 'full of holes', says UN
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Covid-19 protections for people in poverty are 'full of holes', says UN

UK in poverty crisis as Scotland foodbank demand doubles
Food bank Trussell Trust
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UK in poverty crisis as Scotland foodbank demand doubles

Campaigners create Home Office installation to protest migrants' treatment
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Campaigners create Home Office installation to protest migrants' treatment

Marcus Rashford says 'time is now' to end child food poverty
Rashford hero food poverty
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Marcus Rashford says 'time is now' to end child food poverty

Return to normality sparks ‘compassion fatigue’ fears for foodbanks
Food bank Trussell Trust
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Return to normality sparks ‘compassion fatigue’ fears for foodbanks

Covid-19 crisis is driving food poverty, says government watchdog
Foodbank housing quiz
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Covid-19 crisis is driving food poverty, says government watchdog

Children from migrant families risk going hungry without free school meals
Free school meals
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Children from migrant families risk going hungry without free school meals

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Housing and job worries? Don't suffer alone
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Housing and job worries? Don't suffer alone

20 million adults cannot afford healthy food, say think tank estimates
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20 million adults cannot afford healthy food, say think tank estimates

Nearly 154,000 families hit by benefit cap during Covid-19 crisis
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Nearly 154,000 families hit by benefit cap during Covid-19 crisis

Universal Credit 'punishes the poorest' say peers as they call for reform
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Universal Credit 'punishes the poorest' say peers as they call for reform

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