Poverty and Welfare

The number of children living in relative poverty was at a record high in the months before Covid hit Britain, figures have revealed.
Office for Statistics Regulation found PM’s statements were “incorrect”.
There are 600,000 more children living in relative poverty than in 2012.
Economic calamities spurred by the health crisis could erase decades of progress in raising standards of living.
One disabled single mother from Salford tells HuffPost UK how she works – but has been left in debt by changes to her benefits.
Growing Up Poor revealed a desperate reality but there is a way to put an end to deprivation, writes Jenna Norman, public affairs officer at the Women’s Budget Group.
This is the legacy of a decade of cuts on children in Fife.
In a hyper-connected world, being unable to access technology means poverty is more able to tighten its grip on your life, Garry Lemon, director of policy and research at the Trussell Trust, writes.
The so-called 'rape clause' exempts women from the DWP's controversial two-child benefits cap.
There are 14.3 million people in poverty in the UK, the Social Metrics Commission found.