Today’s inflation figures mean nothing: food prices rocket 30% in 2.5 years while the Tories eye benefit cuts
Inflation has fallen to 4.6% - down from 6.7% in September, official figures now show. However, a think tank has ...
Tag: poverty
Five million people driven into poverty by transport costs, a new report from a think tank warns
Transport costs are keeping five million people (8% of the UK population) below the poverty line, a think tank has ...
Fuel Poverty Action knocks loudly on the government’s door over prepayment meters
Campaign group Fuel Poverty Action held a protest outside the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DfES) on Wednesday ...
The North-South divide in fuel poverty narrows as more people in Southern England experience fuel poverty
New data shows from think tank the Open Data Institute (ODI) has revealed that the North-South divide in fuel poverty ...
Shell’s shareholder pay-outs could cover the energy bills of 6.3 million UK households in fuel poverty – and then some
As fossil fuel major Shell has once again announced obscene profits and shareholder pay-outs, the UK government has issued a ...
‘Brutal and arrogant’ Tories lifting the bankers’ bonus cap has nothing to do with the economy
Rishi Sunak's Tory government has approved the lifting of the cap on bankers' bonuses. This means that the rule which ...
The Tories have presided over a 148% increase in destitution – with the DWP being the main problem
Successive Conservative governments have presided over a 148% increase in destitution since 2017. Destitution is classed as the most severe ...
The Tories are making a mockery of the aid budget – either spending it in the UK, Ukraine, or India’s beauty salons
Two new reports have revealed just what a mess the UK aid system is in - with the Tories effectively ...
Tory minister no-showing the energy bills inquiry is more proof the government couldn’t care less about poor households this winter
On 13 September, the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee held an evidence session for its inquiry into preparations for ...
An anthropologist predicted the current failings of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals – spoiler, it’s all capitalism
In part one of this two-part article, we took a look at the UN's latest Sustainable Development Goals report, and ...
New UN sustainable development report finds world failing on multiple global crises
A new United Nations (UN) report has found that nations are way off course in tackling multiple major global crises. ...
Victorian-era diseases like rickets are on the rise again thanks to Tory-created poverty
Rickets - a disease associated with Victorian-era slums - is on the rise in Scotland, while other conditions linked to ...
With Sir Kid Starver keeping the two-child limit, Labour is supporting Eugenics
Social media has been in uproar over now-renamed Keir Starmer's announcement that the Labour Party will keep the two-child limit ...
People’s Assembly blames ‘profiteering’ supermarkets for worsening child poverty crisis
With the school holidays set to begin in the UK, the issue of child poverty has once again come to ...
As UK firms rake in huge profits, one senior economist tells workers to accept their lot
There's evidence that it's not demands for higher pay that are causing rising inflation, but businesses seeking huge profits. However, ...
Luke Brooks died after the council failed to order his landlord to remove mould from his home
A Manchester coroner has ordered an inquest into the death of Luke Brooks. Luke died after developing breathing difficulties linked ...
Almost half of children of colour in England and Wales live in poverty
Content Warning: This article contains reference to suicide. Almost half of all children of colour in Wales and England are ...
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