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The Guardian view on Labour’s choices: emphasising a big state amid economic challenges

Editorial: The budget favours increased public spending and taxation, contrasting with Tory austerity. However, there were missed opportunities to address poverty and inequality

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Thousands more children in poverty since Labour came to power because of two-child benefit cap, charity claims

Labour urged to abolish the two-child benefit gap by charities who say the damage it causes ‘grows every day’

The Independent UK

NHS waiting lists force Britons to save up to pay for private healthcare, says report

Public now expect to have to save £200 a year due to spiriling NHS waiting lists

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Pedagogy, jobs, reform: The many reasons why UGC-NET is a study in failure

The University Grants Commission-administered and the National Testing Agency-conducted National Eligibility Test was cancelled just a little after the NTA-coordinated National Eligibility cum Entrance Test’s last-minute annulment – after it was revealed that question papers were leaked and both examinations compromised.

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Teachers and GPs ‘staggering’ under extra demands caused by poverty in Great Britain

Schools and health services forced to offer crisis help in the form of food, clothing, money and advice

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on nurseries: build playgrounds for toddlers, not investors

Editorial: Opaque ownership structures and bumper profits point to an early years sector gone wrong

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: the bumper profits taken by English private nursery chains

With more public money on its way, Joseph Rowntree Foundation calls for commitments on value for money and staff pay

The Guardian - UK

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Apple vows to appeal against €1.84bn EU fine in music streaming case – as it happened

Apple shares drop after it is penalised following investigation into allegations it obstructed music-streaming rivals

The Guardian - UK

Budget plans risk ‘second lost decade’ of living standards, Jeremy Hunt told

Exclusive: Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds widening gulf between demand for tax cuts and reality for millions struggling

The Guardian - UK

Escaping poverty has become much harder in past two decades, report says

Six million of the poorest people would need more than double their incomes to move out of hardship, says Joseph Rowntree Foundation

The Guardian - UK

Pressure grows on Hunt to cut income tax as millions more face paying it

Hopes that nearly 4 million low paid UK workers would be able to keep more of their earnings if personal allowances are uprated

The Guardian - UK

Millions of UK households forced to unplug fridge or freezer amid rising bills

Families resorting to ‘desperate measures’ and struggling with ‘frightening’ level of hardship amid cost of living crisis

The Guardian - UK

Millions turning off fridges and freezers to cut high energy bills, charity warns

Quarter of low income households have gotten into debt to pay for food

The Independent UK

Cost-of-living payments not enough to meet scale of the problem, say MPs

The Work and Pensions Committee called for more account to be taken of the financial difficulties faced by people with disabilities and families.

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The Guardian view on destitution: poverty on this scale should be a national priority

Editorial: With one in 20 people unable to afford food or other basics, charities are right to declare an emergency

The Guardian - UK

The Tories have created a new poverty – one so deep and vicious it requires Victorian vocabulary

‘Destitute’ means a living standard so sparse, it should be consigned to history. It now applies to 4 million in the UK, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The Guardian - UK

More than 1 million UK children experienced destitution last year, study finds

Severe material hardship no longer a rarity, as study reveals impact of benefit cuts and cost of living crisis

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Scotland has ‘by far the lowest rise’ in destitution levels in UK

The UK has seen a “shameful increase” in destitution, though Scotland has had “by far the lowest” rise in the numbers suffering from this, a…

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The Independent UK

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 National (Scotland)

One in 10 people in Scotland living in ‘very deep poverty’, report finds

HALF-A-MILLION people are in “very deep poverty” in Scotland with statistics showing women and ethnic minorities are disproportionately at risk,…

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on extreme poverty: the law should make essentials affordable

Editorial: Benefits are still too low and deep poverty is harmful. The idea of a new minimum standard of living is a good one

Nottingham Post

Universal Credit £25 boost for millions every week under new plans submitted to DWP

More help could be on the way

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DWP Universal Credit £25 boost for millions every week under fresh plans

'Devastating cuts' to Universal Credit have been ordered to be reversed, with the DWP also urged to put a new payment uplift in place which would apply to legacy benefits

The Guardian - UK

Cost of living payments failing to help low-income households in UK

About 39% of households earning less than £26,000 a year are behind on bill payments

Daily Record

Cost of living crisis forces a quarter of Scots to seek NHS treatment

The soaring cost of food and energy bills is having a devastating impact on the health of many Scots.

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