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Poverty

Food banks see ‘immediate jump in demand' as school holidays start
Social Justice

Food banks see ‘immediate jump in demand' as school holidays start

Royal yacht: Internet floats better ways to spend £250m
News

Royal yacht: Internet floats better ways to spend £250m

How will universal credit cut hit struggling families? The DWP doesn’t know
Social Justice

How will universal credit cut hit struggling families? The DWP doesn’t know

How high is food poverty in your area? Interactive map reveals UK hunger gap
Social Justice

How high is food poverty in your area? Interactive map reveals UK hunger gap

Pandemic poverty put a house deposit out of reach for more young people
Housing

Pandemic poverty put a house deposit out of reach for more young people

Two-child limit on benefits puts policy over reality for struggling parents
Ruth Patrick and Kate Andersen

Two-child limit on benefits puts policy over reality for struggling parents

National Food Strategy is 'missed opportunity' to tackle hunger in the UK
News

National Food Strategy is 'missed opportunity' to tackle hunger in the UK

Soaring poverty could drag down wages for everyone, experts warn
News

Soaring poverty could drag down wages for everyone, experts warn

Work and universal credit is failing to keep UK workers out of poverty
Employment

Work and universal credit is failing to keep UK workers out of poverty

‘Nothing has changed’ Returning to the Glasgow food queue that shocked the UK
Social Justice

‘Nothing has changed’ Returning to the Glasgow food queue that shocked the UK

Covid-19 cash interventions prevented poverty – unless you’re self-employed
Employment

Covid-19 cash interventions prevented poverty – unless you’re self-employed

PM warned against misleading parliament over UK poverty record
Boris Johnson told parliament there were fewer children in poverty now compared to a decade ago.
Social Justice

PM warned against misleading parliament over UK poverty record

Boris Johnson warned against misleading parliament over UK poverty record
Politics

Boris Johnson warned against misleading parliament over UK poverty record

What is the Right to Food?
The Right to Food campaign is taking action on soaring food bank use - a problem faced by Brits well before the pandemic.
Social Justice

What is the Right to Food?

From Maggie to Marcus: A history of free school meals
Marcus Rashford launched the Child Food Poverty Task Force to overhaul the free school meals system, including to expand them to every household on universal credit. Illustration: Matthew Brazier
Social Justice

From Maggie to Marcus: A history of free school meals

No recourse to public funds: What does it mean and who does it affect?
Priti Patel ruled out repealing the no recourse to public funds condition during the pandemic.
Social Justice

No recourse to public funds: What does it mean and who does it affect?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Hancock agrees to open healthy food scheme to children from migrant families
The Healthy Start scheme is worth £4.25 per week per child for families who qualify for state support.
Social Justice

Hancock agrees to open healthy food scheme to children from migrant families

Black lives matter: ‘You can’t separate poverty from race’
A Black Lives Matter demonstration in London, July 2020.
Social Justice

Black lives matter: ‘You can’t separate poverty from race’

'Clear majority' of British public backs universal credit increase
A majority of the public also wants reforms to stop working parents being priced out of childcare. universal credit
Social Justice

'Clear majority' of British public backs universal credit increase

In-work poverty hits record high in the UK
A man looking at a piece of paper with a concerned facial expression and hand on his head. More than 30 per cent of couple households with one full-time earner are in poverty, nearly as high as the rate of hardship for families without any full-time workers
Employment

In-work poverty hits record high in the UK

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