universal credit
“You can’t help the people who’ve died, can you?”
A parliamentary inquiry into ‘survival sex’ has begun in the UK. It looks at how those struggling with poverty are resorting to prostitution in order to cover essential needs. It comes as the United Nations’ special rapporteur on poverty, Professor Philip Alston, published his final report following an investigation into deprivation in the UK.
The four-page feature in the Metro newspaper promised to "set the record straight" about the government’s controversial welfare system.
An inquiry will explore whether the benefits reform has increased "poverty and misery".
Human Rights Watch blamed austerity and Universal Credit for the 'surge in hunger'.
Pensioners with working age partners could lose £7,320 each year when placed on Universal Credit.
“In the future, the longest length of a sanction will be six months," Amber Rudd has announced.
"I want to give them the heartache that I've had for two years."
Food banks are a symptom of, not a solution to, food poverty and inequality. Unfortunately, they are desperately needed until we achieve fundamental reform
When disabled people are describing UC as an "absolute nightmare", urgent change is needed to make the policy better suited for everyone's needs