Category: Social exclusion

‘Apprenticeship penalty’ on benefits forces young people from poorer UK families to quit

Government advisers call for review of rules that cause loss of household income when a child takes up job training Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are abandoning valuable job training opportunities because of a...

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More than a fifth of UK’s ‘austerity children’ scarred by poverty, study says

Researchers say hardship is a direct legacy of welfare benefit cuts imposed by Tory governments in recent yearsMore than a fifth of all “austerity generation” British children have been scarred by poverty for at...

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‘When I leave, part of me stays’: why Scarborough’s youth won’t turn their backs on the seaside town they love

Hemmed in by the sea and poor transport links, many young people from the Yorkshire town feel trapped, but there is also a pride in the areaIt’s the morning after a wet and stormy day in the Yorkshire seaside town of...

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Lower-income families face 137-year wait for living standards to double, says UK thinktank

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...

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‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?

When 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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Labour’s new welfare changes are practical and compassionate – so why not loudly say so? | Polly Toynbee

Universal credit to rise faster than inflation, benefit hurdles eased, extra help for children and young people … I bet you had no ideaIt’s the good this government does that can make you hold your head in your...

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