Former Conservative party leader says government must help poor by increasing Universal Credit
Former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith has called for benefits to be immediately increased in line with inflation
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Food banks: an MP claimed there’s no massive use for them in the UK – the evidence shows why he’s wrong
There is no “massive use for food banks” in the UK, according to Lee Anderson, the Conservative MP for Ashfield.
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Cost of living crisis: it’s not enough to know how many people are below the poverty line – we need to measure poverty depth
The UK government’s most recent poverty statistics show that poverty rates declined during the first year of the pandemic. But
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As financial experts warn of a ‘very bleak’ decade ahead, we must do more to protect those who’ll be hit the hardest, says Joseph Kelly
If you were one of the tens of thousands of people who struggled to enter their meter readings on energy
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What is it like to be destitute in Britain? ‘It makes you feel like some kind of underclass’
The increased cost of living, from food prices to energy costs, is expected to drive many more households into poverty
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‘Levelling up’ won’t address social inequalities because poverty is about people and not places, says Joseph Kelly
If you’re beginning to get exhausted with ‘Partygate’ and the endless parade of accusations, excuses and political warmongering that is
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Report from SVP highlights the often devastating effects of in-work poverty on young children
The apprehension and fear of a generation has been laid bare in a new report compiled by the St Vincent
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Give the gift of companionship and kindness this Christmas, urges the SVP
The St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) is urging people across England and Wales to ‘give the gift of kindness’
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Is the fallout from Covid reawakening society to the real meaning of Christmas? By Joseph Kelly
If we’re to believe the mainstream media, this coming Christmas is threatening to be something of a stressful washout for
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Caritas Westminster calls on PM to halt next week’s planned Universal Credit cut
In just a few days the government is expected to make the biggest overnight cut to social security in the
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