Government plans to limit branded student kit to three articles, plus a tie, from September 2026 in England Plans to cap the number of branded uniform items schools in England can require to three, plus a tie, could save...
Read MoreChild poverty plan must address the 70% of families with at least one parent in work, Resolution Foundation saysLabour must offer extra support to working parents, including with childcare and commuting, if it is to fulfil its...
Read MoreThe Multibank, founded by Gordon Brown, receives boost with Amazon-led drive for 250,000 items this monthA charity founded by the former prime minister Gordon Brown is to increase its campaign efforts against child hygiene...
Read MoreGuardian analysis reveals families often given little notice to relocate to already deprived communities far away with no extra support‘Take this house or you’re homeless’: families sent to a Durham town from...
Read MoreGrant will go towards repackaging food that would go to waste and delivering it to shelters, food banks and charitiesLabour ministers have backed plans for a £15m fund to redistribute food from farms that otherwise go to...
Read MoreAccess to balanced diet also affected by inflation and Brexit, hitting most vulnerable households hardestUK politics live – latest updatesHungry and malnourished households in the UK are on the rise because of climate...
Read MoreCharity says soaring private rents, rising evictions and lack of affordable social housing are to blameSoaring private rents, rising evictions and a chronic lack of affordable social housing have led to homelessness in England...
Read MoreThe row over Labour’s cuts to pensioners’ energy payments is about to flare up again after damning new research The row over the government’s decision to slash winter fuel payments is set to be reignited after...
Read MoreCharities sound alarm as government analysis shows 50,000 more people in relative fuel poverty next year – and another 50,000 by 2030Cuts to the winter fuel allowance could force 100,000 pensioners in England and Wales...
Read MoreExclusive: Study finds almost quarter of UK population living in poverty, reaching the highest level this century• Poverty figures render government numbers too little and action very lateMore than one in three children and...
Read MoreExclusive: Researchers who studied babies in Scotland believe cuts to benefits and services are linked to riseThe introduction of UK austerity policies has been associated with a striking increase in the number of babies in...
Read MoreHomelessness charities call for long-term plan and say 18% increase to 4,780 people ‘should incense us all’Rough sleeping in London hit yet another record high this summer, with an 18% increase on the summer before,...
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