Zarah Sultana came out in support of poverty protesters – while the Hunt in parliament did nothing for them
Campaigners across the UK have been demanding that the Tories sort out rip-off energy bills. This saw protests from Newcastle ...
Tag: poverty
Rural women are bearing the socioeconomic brunt of the patriarchy-led climate crisis
On Tuesday 5 March, the United Nations' (UN) food and farming agency published a report highlighting the gendered impacts of ...
Parliament is facing more protests – this time over our rip-off energy bills
Parliament will be the scene of yet more protests - after chronically ill and disabled people blocked a major road ...
Not that you needed telling, but UK families’ budgets have fallen more than most 37 OECD countries
UK household spending has fallen more than almost every other OECD country since the pandemic, according to new Trades Union ...
Ofgem and Tories under increasing pressure to stop cruel energy standing charges
New research shows overwhelming support for scrapping the flat-rate daily standing charge on our energy bills, as thousands share their ...
The government is doing nothing about the lies manufacturers sell to us about UK radiators – and it costs us billions
A documentary video produced by supplier UK Radiators has revealed the financial and ethical implications of misinformation in the heating ...
Spineless Ofgem has just allowed energy firms to restart forcing people onto prepayment meters
The energy regulator Ofgem has just agreed that three energy firms can start forcing vulnerable customers onto prepayment meters again. ...
UK families are suffering the ‘worst decline’ in living standards in the G7
The UK is only country in the G7 where household budgets have not recovered to pre-pandemic levels. That's the verdict ...
As workers ate lunch today, CEOs had already earned the equivalent of their annual salary
The median FTSE 100 CEO's earnings for 2024 surpassed the median annual salary for a full-time worker in the UK ...
The UN just declared it’s highest-level warning of a famine in Gaza – branding the situation ‘catastrophic’
Action Against Hunger is gravely concerned by the declaration made in a new UN-led report, classifying hunger levels in areas ...
The so-called ‘cost of living crisis’ has created a health inequalities ‘timebomb’ for HALF the poorest households
With the winter solstice bringing the longest night of the year, think tank the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) is warning ...
30% of people in Wales are set to spend Christmas in ‘Dickensian’ conditions
Around three-quarters of a million people in Wales (30%) are living in cold damp homes; exposed to the health complications ...
People have taken action UK-wide over fuel poverty – with a south London protest drawing unwanted attention
Campaign groups Fuel Poverty Action, Unite Community, and their allies held nationwide protests this weekend, carrying out ‘Warm Ups’ to ...
A south London shopping centre is going to be the centre of a protest over energy bills
A protest over fuel poverty is set to take place in one of south London's highest-profile shopping centres, the Glades. ...
As Israel continues its assault on Gaza, the people now face the additional threat of winter
The people of Gaza could be facing an even worsening crisis - on top of Israel's assault, which has killed ...
Somalia’s devastating floods have now caused food prices to rocket – leaving countless people in peril
Somalia has recently seen the worst flooding it's had in a century. Dozens of people have been killed, and 1.6 ...
Fuel poverty will be the subject of nationwide occupations this December as a campaign group ‘warms up’ its actions
Fuel Poverty Action is planning ‘Warm Up’ protests across the country on Friday 1 and Saturday 2 December, working with ...
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