Two decades of weak pay growth have left poorer households stuck, Resolution Foundation says, fuelling political uneaseIt would take 137 years for lower-income families in the UK to see their living standards double at the...
Read MoreWhen Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degreesThe...
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Read MoreExclusive: the 613 most deprived areas will see higher crime rates and worse unemployment under current funding schemes, report saysThe country’s most deprived neighbourhoods will have higher crime rates and worse...
Read MoreInternal documents show tax officials withdrew funds without warning families, despite concerns about dataUK politics live – latest updatesUK tax authorities believed that withdrawing child benefit payments from...
Read MoreUp to 400 homes face demolition under a £90m regeneration scheme that promises only 230 replacement propertiesHundreds of families in one of England’s poorest neighbourhoods will be evicted under a £90m plan...
Read MoreAs part of the Guardian’s Against the tide series, readers aged 18 to 30 share what they love about living in their coastal town, the challenges and why they often choose to leaveMegan, a 24-year-old from the Isle of...
Read MoreHate crimes are rising around the UK, after a summer of flags going up on lamp-posts across the country and racist riots in 2024. Taj Ali is a Muslim journalist who has been collating evidence of these attacks. Even in big...
Read MoreExclusive: Alison McGovern makes target for end of this parliament, but figures show homelessness has jumpedThe homelessness minister has pledged to end the use of bed and breakfasts as emergency housing, even as new figures...
Read MorePat McFadden, work and pensions secretary, says welfare system must do more to help people into work• What is in the UK government’s child poverty strategy?The UK welfare system is not helping enough people into work...
Read MoreThis blog is now closed, you can read more of our UK political coverage hereReaders may be aware, going into the weekend, that Edinburgh airport had to temporarily suspend flights this morning due to technical issues.The...
Read MoreStarmer hails child poverty strategy as a ‘moral mission’ which will include measures to help with childcare and getting families out of temporary housingMy colleague Peter Walker has a full report on the plan, the...
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