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Iceland is offering pensioners a £30 voucher to help with their food shop amid the cost of living crisis.According to The Rothesay Foundation, which has partnered with Iceland on the scheme, research by Age UK which shows that 1.7 million pensioners were living in poverty in 2020/20 21, which is…

Some say it gives 'poverty markers'

Writing for the Daily Record, the former prime minister said the committee must meet up to find a plan to tackle the national emergency.

For those of us who rely on the whim of a landlord for safe shelter, there’s no relief in sight until politicians decide to act

We are entering an era of mass fuel poverty and ‘warm banks’ – and complacent leaders have left a dangerous political vacuum, says the Guardian columnist John Harris

The former prime minister has warned that millions of people in the UK will be plunged into poverty if urgent action isn't taken

Marie Curie are calling on governments to take action to support terminally ill people

Ineffective government-run scheme risks creating a poverty trap for families owed money, MPs warn

The First Minister has been warned the cost of living crisis will engulf Scotland without action.