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Rachel Reeves 'rejects' data showing 'everyone is getting poorer' under Labour

RACHEL Reeves has rejected data from a leading poverty charity which suggests the average family could be £1400 a year worse off by the end of the…

The National (Scotland) · Mar 23, 2025

Economic growth alone not enough to cut poverty, says charity

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said poverty levels could even rise if economic growth is not accompanied by employment growth.

The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025

Key services struggling to cope with ‘shameful’ level of hardship

Joseph Rowntree Foundation calls on party leaders to ‘get serious’ about ‘scale of hardship affecting millions’

The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2024

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The shame of a million children living in destitution in Britain

Letters: Janet Lewis and Trish Cockayne on a report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation that revealed how children are experiencing extreme poverty in Britain

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2023

1m children in most extreme poverty as figure almost trebles since 2017 – report

It is often being left to charities to try to plug gaps for people in desperate situations, the report said.

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2023

Millions of UK families using credit cards and loans to pay basic bills

Poverty charity the Joseph Rowntree Foundation warns of ‘debt timebomb’ as interest rate rises hit low-income households

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2023

One in seven people in UK going hungry because they can’t afford to eat

Many people referred to food banks are experiencing severe social isolation because they cannot afford to socialise

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2023

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DWP Universal Credit payments could rise to £120 a week under new plan

Almost 1.3m food parcels were given out between April 2022 and September 2022, and 90% of low-income households on Universal Credit are regularly going without essentials.

Nottingham Post · Mar 3, 2023

'Therese Coffey says "work more" - but many disabled people don’t have that option'

Thérèse Coffey is wrong that people simply need to 'work more hours' in order to boost their incomes, Disabled Britain guest editor and columnist for the Mirror, Rachel Charlton-Dailey, says

Daily Mirror · Feb 28, 2023

Restrict home purchases in certain areas and reform property taxes to tackle unfair housing system, says charity

Those who are currently locked out of or struggling to cope in the housing market may become even worse off, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation said.

Evening Standard · Feb 23, 2023

Changes needed to make housing system fairer in longer term, charity says

Those who are currently locked out of or struggling to cope in the housing market may become even worse off, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation said.

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023

One MILLION kids growing up in poverty as families fight to buy even the basics

One in four UK children, including 1.3 million primary school children and one million under four, are growing up below the poverty line, a new report has found

Daily Mirror · Jan 26, 2023

Belfast fuel hardship fund row continues at City Hall

Councillor says "The ones who will be overlooked will be the elderly, the isolated, the vulnerable, those with learning difficulties"

Belfast Live · Jan 10, 2023

Icy weather triggers cold weather payments as charity bosses warn millions ‘in peril’

£25 payment triggered in hundreds of postcode districts in England and Wales

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022

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Daily Mirror · Dec 8, 2022

Snow and severe frosts bring UK heating misery as Arctic blast threatens -12C chill

The Met Office extended its cold weather warning yesterday to a seven-day cold snap with ice and freezing fog with the government warned its cold Weather Payments of £25, triggered by the big freeze in 300 postcode areas, will make little difference

Daily Record · Dec 8, 2022

Simple ways to stay warm at home without having to put the heating on this winter

The UK Government is being urged to change Universal Credit and increase the basic rate of support to help people this winter.

Daily Mirror · Dec 8, 2022

Millions of poor households can't afford to heat their homes as cold weather hits

The UK Health and Security Agency has issued a cold weather alert recommending vulnerable people warm their homes to at least 18C, wear extra layers and eat hot food to protect themselves from plummeting temperatures

Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2022

Millions of households ‘cannot afford heating’ as cold snap sets in

Hundreds of thousands of low-income families are going without the heat, food and clothing needed to stay warm, new research shows

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The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022

Three million households ‘cannot afford their heating’ as temperatures drop below freezing

Hundreds of thousands of low-income families are going without the heat, food and clothing needed to stay warm, new research shows

The Conversation · Nov 30, 2022

Black and minoritised ethnic communities at disproportionate risk of homelessness in the UK

In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, there has been a heightened awareness of ethnic inequality in the UK. Despite some recent studies on housing conditions in the context of the pandemic, little attention has been paid to how racial inequality and homelessness intersect.

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2022

Millions more to need benefits as recession woes bear down

The Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts a 13.4 per cent rise in people placed on health and disability benefits

The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2022

Hunt under fire for using lobby group data to shield private schools from £1.7bn VAT

Experts attack claim that 90,000 pupils would be forced into state schools by tax change that Labour says could fund thousands of extra teachers

Bristol Post · Oct 14, 2022

Thousands in Bristol to be subject to 'the biggest real-terms' permanent benefits cut

At the moment, the Government plans to increase benefits in line with earnings

Daily Mirror · Oct 12, 2022

Benefits will hit lowest level in 40 YEARS if Liz Truss's cut goes ahead

The Resolution Foundation said real-terms benefits could be at their lowest level since the early 1980s - as ex-Chancellor Sajid Javid said a cut wouldn't be 'social justice'

Daily Mirror · Oct 7, 2022

Six in 10 Brits oppose Liz Truss's 'out of touch' plot to cut benefits, poll shows

A vast majority of the public, and nearly half of those who voted Conservative in 2019, believe that benefits should rise in line with inflation, as Liz Truss considers a 5.4% increase which critics warn will plunge the poorest into misery

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