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Food banks

Anger after Tory MP claims ‘food parcels are sold or traded for drugs’

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Another Tory MP claimed school meal vouchers were "effectively" a cash payment to brothels and drug dealers.
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Universal Credit

REVEALED: Tories’ secret plot to spy on benefit claimant’s bank accounts

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Move likened to the encroachment to the "big brother state".
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Thousands of middle earners are ‘going hungry’ after being refused benefits, report says

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290,000 people on middle-incomes have unsuccessfully tried to claim benefits during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Reduce state pension age to boost jobs for the young

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Giving early access to the state pension could reduce the pressure on 16-24-year olds to find employment and reduce the future skills...

MPs call for new ‘starter payments’ to provide financial support during Universal Credit wait

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Universal Credit 'loans' trap new claimants in a cycle of debt and leave them unable to afford repayments.

Cutting benefits doesn’t just hurt the poor, it damages the economy too

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Removing the £20 a week uplift to Universal Credit will take money out of the economy, report says.

‘No excuse’ for Tories failure to provide financial support to millions while refusing to tackle tax avoidance

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Tory government accused of failing to support millions of small businesses and workers hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Domestic Abuse Bill fails to protect disabled and vulnerable victims

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Bill fails to provide sufficient protections for migrants and disabled survivors of abuse.

PM rejects Marcus Rashford’s petition to extend free school meals – but England star vows to fight on

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A defiant Rashford has refused to back down, saying no child should be going hungry.

Benefits ‘scrounger’ narrative is deterring people from claiming support due to Covid

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Poverty charity calls for changes to reduce benefits stigma.

New child poverty data reveals the shocking extent of hardship in the UK

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"The children affected are on a cliff edge, and the pandemic will only sweep them further into danger."

Coronavirus: Tories warned that ‘new shielding guidance lacks basic protections’

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UK government "is not providing robust support and protections for those most at risk."

SNP call for universal basic income pilot

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Party says UBI has the potential to solve the poverty crisis.

Families on Universal Credit face a ‘cold, hard winter’ with 26% already cutting back on heating

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PM Boris Johnson urged to increase benefits and retain the £20 a week increase to Universal Credit.

Reports of disability hate crime continue to rise as number of police charges fall

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New figures show a continuing increase in reports of disability hate crime to police.

DWP has no legal duty to safeguard vulnerable claimants, says Thérèse Coffey

Disability Steven Preece -
DWP Secretary's comments described as "shameful" and "dangerous" by a leading disability charity.

Over 50 organisations call for £20 a week Universal Credit increase to be made permanent

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Joint letter warns that millions of households face losing over £1,000 a year.

Open letter to MPs calls for the restoration of disability rights

Disability Steven Preece -
Letter says disabled people's human rights were removed as part of the Coronavirus Act.

‘Millions face a bitter winter of rising unemployment and squeezed living standards’, says MP

Press Releases Steven Preece -
Tory government has "deliberately chosen" to let unemployment soar, says SNP MP.

Job Support Scheme ‘will not prevent a major rise in unemployment’

Unemployment Steven Preece -
New scheme "will not live up to its promise to significantly reduce the rise in unemployment."

Tories must restore the rights of disabled people scrapped under Coronavirus Act

Press Releases Steven Preece -
Letter signed by more than 60 organisations including Disability Rights UK, Inclusion London, Liberty and Mind.

1.6 million households hit by £60 cut to benefits in just one month

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DWP urged to scrap universal credit advance "loans" before thousands more are pushed into debt.

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