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Why food insecurity means homeless people need dieticians
Food bank Trussell Trust
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Why food insecurity means homeless people need dieticians

Hey Girls goes back to school to train staff in fighting period stigma
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Hey Girls goes back to school to train staff in fighting period stigma

Judith Kerr: 'The British were so friendly to us as refugees'
Judith Kerr
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Judith Kerr: 'The British were so friendly to us as refugees'

The UN’s poverty report slams government for 'mean-spirited' austerity
Philip Alston UN investigates poverty, food poverty and food banks
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The UN’s poverty report slams government for 'mean-spirited' austerity

We need to treat a right to food as a human rights issue, says NGO
Food bank Trussell Trust
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We need to treat a right to food as a human rights issue, says NGO

Gap between rich and poor is 'making a mockery of democracy'
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Gap between rich and poor is 'making a mockery of democracy'

A Big Issue vendor visited Birmingham's controversial 'poverty experience'
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A Big Issue vendor visited Birmingham's controversial 'poverty experience'

Missing one council tax payment can cost more than £2,000
uk poverty cost of living crisis
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Missing one council tax payment can cost more than £2,000

Foodbank charity Trussell Trust gave out a record 1.6m parcels in a year
Food bank Trussell Trust
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Foodbank charity Trussell Trust gave out a record 1.6m parcels in a year

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

Not having a bank account costs an extra £485 every year
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Not having a bank account costs an extra £485 every year

Primary school pupils to have access to free period products from next year
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Primary school pupils to have access to free period products from next year

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

Benefits freeze and Brexit uncertainty continues to leave families on brink
Woman and child_money debt
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Benefits freeze and Brexit uncertainty continues to leave families on brink

Rutger Bregman: 'Poverty is not a personality defect. We need a basic income'
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Rutger Bregman: 'Poverty is not a personality defect. We need a basic income'

Are foodbanks making Britain's hunger crisis worse?
Foodbank housing quiz
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Are foodbanks making Britain's hunger crisis worse?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Hey Girls launches playing cards to get pupils talking about periods
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Hey Girls launches playing cards to get pupils talking about periods

Deprived children are going hungry after missing out on school dinners
Free school meals
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Deprived children are going hungry after missing out on school dinners

Utopian realist Rutger Bregman capsizes our preconceptions on poverty
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Utopian realist Rutger Bregman capsizes our preconceptions on poverty

Bristol leaders say government period poverty efforts must go further
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Bristol leaders say government period poverty efforts must go further

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