Poverty
A trailblazing shop in Birkenhead helps reduce food waste by rescuing surplus stock. Its customers' stories are heartbreaking.
One disabled single mother from Salford tells HuffPost UK how she works – but has been left in debt by changes to her benefits.
"If they wanted to set up something to defeat the objectives it was meant to deliver, Universal Credit couldn’t have done a better job," says the chair of a housing association in Oldham.
The UK sought to save £18 billion with the Welfare Reform Act of 2012. Today, one in five in Scotland are living in poverty.In this short documentary HuffPost UK and The Ferret follow Kim and Susan, two single mums trying to raise their children on Universal Credit.Just Surviving: A Decade Of Austerity In Scotland is a four-part documentary series.
One child's heartbreaking letter to Santa asked for a house and food for her family.
The HGV driver shortage, plus a drop in donations, is forcing some charities to make up smaller parcels.
Dr Ellie Cannon’s suggestion would price out “the most vulnerable in society”, a poverty charity said.
Every week 5,500 families approach English councils for help with homelessness, but vulnerable people are being left in limbo.
David Cameron promised an all-out assault on poverty. Theresa May spoke of the “burning injustices” blighting society. But there was no improvement, Anand Menon and Matt Bevington write.
As a rising number of Britons find themselves in 'in-work poverty', Steve and Billy tell their story of homelessness, insecure work and council failings in BBC Two's Broke.