As the government scraps the winter fuel allowance for many pensioners, we outline the other benefits available for those in need and look at which ones need serious reformLabour MPs are warning millions of vulnerable people...
Read MoreThe ex-PM is opening the new facility supplying food and basic necessities against a backdrop of concerns for the wellbeing of children over the summer holidays The first “multibank” in London, distributing...
Read MoreFood Foundation says height of five-year-olds falling, child obesity up by a third and type 2 diabetes by a fifth Children across the UK are getting shorter, fatter and sicker amid an epidemic of poor diets, food insecurity and...
Read MoreIn the first instalment of a special series on the emblems of Tory Britain, the former prime minister Gordon Brown looks at the avoidable epidemic of hunger – which is getting worseIn Leeds, a child fails to turn up at...
Read MoreDWP briefing says jobcentres should no longer issue ‘signposting slips’ over concerns about data privacyJobcentre officials have been ordered to stop referring penniless benefit claimants to food banks because it...
Read MoreLeading doctors and charities urge children’s health minister to take action to support struggling familiesFailure to tackle the cost of soaring infant formula is creating a crisis of infant hunger and putting the health...
Read MoreSevere material hardship no longer a rarity, as study reveals impact of benefit cuts and cost of living crisisMore than 1 million children experienced destitution last year – meaning their families could not afford to...
Read MoreHeadteachers say it is ‘unsustainable’ to expect schools to keep stepping in to support desperate familiesOne in four teachers in England brought in food for hungry pupils out of concern for their welfare, a survey...
Read MoreResearch shows universal credit allowance far below cost of food, energy and essentials‘It’s dehumanising’: the food bank volunteer living on the breadlineThe UK’s leading poverty charities have called...
Read MoreDominic Raab under increasing pressure as civil servants’ union calls for him to be suspended until bullying inquiry concludesMPs have been told that paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland have coerced young people with...
Read MorePM also grilled on strikes, Brexit, the UK economy and former Tory chair Nadhim ZahawiMPs have been told that paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland have coerced young people with drug debts to take part in rioting, PA Media...
Read MorePrime minister takes questions in Commons as government insiders says Dominic Raab fighting for his political survivalMPs have been told that paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland have coerced young people with drug debts to...
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