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Kirsty McKechnie, from Child Poverty in Action Group Scotland, said the woman was still being hit with a standing charge after making the decision to disconnect her gas last year.

A MOTHER “self disconnected” the gas supply to her home due to surging energy prices, an anti-poverty charity has claimed.

Letter: Mike Hodges, the writer and director of the 1971 film, describes how he was radicalised while on national service in the navy

Even with these payments, households on the lowest incomes are still likely to struggle

Age NI are urging older people to make sure they're claiming the benefits they're entitled to

MCFC Fans Foodbank Support have been taking generous donations from match-goers at the Etihad all season.

Your annual energy bill could rise by another £800 in October according to UK electricity and gas market regulator Ofgem, which is set to lift the cap on energy prices (the maximum that energy suppliers can charge customers on a default tariff) in the autumn. The cap was already raised…

The burden of very high energy prices does not fall evenly across society. The most vulnerable customers are more likely to be on the most expensive tariffs because they’re more likely to pay for their energy via prepayment meters and face barriers to switching, such as limited access to the…

Anti-poverty campaigner says many people cannot afford to turn on the hob because of high energy bills

A large body of research shows being denied an abortion limits women's education, time in the workforce and wages. It also finds long-term negative impacts for their children.

About 115,000 Cubans — more than one percent of the island’s population — have left their homeland fleeing poverty and repression and reached the U.S. in the past seven months, a mass migration wave on a scale not seen in four decades that has prompted recent changes in U.S. policy…