Category - poverty

March 22, 2018

Child Poverty Action Group responds to new poverty statistics

The number of children in poverty has risen by 100,000 in the last year, with CPAG saying there is worse to come.
March 21, 2018

Struggling families disqualified from justice despite Supreme Court verdict, says Law Society

A new report from the Law Society says families in poverty are being denied help to fight eviction, tackle severe hosuing direpair and address other life-changing legal issues.
March 20, 2018

Extending payday loan cap could stop thousands getting into spiral of debt, says CAB

Research from Citizens Advice shows that extending the same rules that cover payday loans to the doorstep lending market could prevent people getting into problem debt, and save up to £123 million in interest payments.
March 19, 2018

Foodbanks, homelessness, and the government's wilful ignorance

There appears to be a new government tactic developing.
March 16, 2018

Court of Appeal leaves door open for wider challenge on lower benefit cap

The Court of Appeal overturned a ruling that the lower benefit cap unlawfully discriminates against lone parents with children aged under two, but left the door open for a wider challenge to the lawfulness of the cap as it applies to all lone parents.
March 14, 2018

Spring Statement offered 'not a glimmer of hope for families locked into poverty'

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation says the Spring Statement contained not even a glimmer at the end of the tunnel for working families locked into poverty.
March 10, 2018

No safety net for UK's worst paid women, says Fawcett Society

Research finds that almost half of women earning below the real Living Wage have less than £100 in savings.
March 9, 2018

New report finds lmost a quarter of people in Wales are trapped in poverty

More and more families are at risk of being trapped in poverty in Wales, according to a new state of the nation report.
March 7, 2018

Call for Household Debt Jubilee to address billions of ‘unjust’ debt

Anti-poverty campaigners are calling for a Household Debt Jubilee to release low income households from billions of ‘unjust’ consumer credit debt.
March 1, 2018

Why Universal Credit needs to be stopped and scrapped

The designers of Universal Credit sold it as a simplification of the benefits system.