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DWP faces judicial review after mentally ill man found ‘starved to death’
Over one million on Universal Credit have money deducted to repay debts
Covid pandemic could lead to tens of thousands more liver disease cases in 2021
Foodbank use in Scotland triples in seven years
Tories must scrap ‘debt-inducing’ five week Universal Credit wait in New Year
Poverty
Universal Credit
Tories reject petition signed by 120,000 people demanding fairer disability benefits
Steven Preece
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21st November 2020
Petition calls for the £20 a week uplift to Universal Credit to be extended to legacy benefits.
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Press Releases
Poor hit by fallout of Covid driven into extreme hardship – but the rich get richer
Steven Preece
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17th November 2020
Fears grow around the widening of social inequalities in the wake of the Covid pandemic.
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Universal Credit
Call to end Universal Credit wait after huge surge in household debt and foodbank use
Steven Preece
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12th November 2020
Tories urged to scrap the five week wait for Universal Credit and strengthen welfare protections.
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Food banks
Food banks report huge surge in demand for food parcels amid Covid pandemic
Steven Preece
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12th November 2020
Trussell Trust reports that it has already helped more than a million people affected by the Covid pandemic.
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Poverty
Second Tory U-turn on free school meals welcomed by Rashford but over a million kids will still go hungry
Steven Preece
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10th November 2020
Tories forced into yet another humiliating U-turn on free school meals after heroic campaign by Marcus Rashford.
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Poverty
Coronavirus: UK facing a ‘perfect storm of awfulness’ if welfare support isn’t improved
Steven Preece
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1st November 2020
Boris Johnson's own former homelessness adviser warns of an impending winter crisis.
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Food banks
Anger after Tory MP claims ‘food parcels are sold or traded for drugs’
Steven Preece
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24th October 2020
Another Tory MP claimed school meal vouchers were "effectively" a cash payment to brothels and drug dealers.
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Poverty
PM rejects Marcus Rashford’s petition to extend free school meals – but England star vows to fight on
Steven Preece
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15th October 2020
A defiant Rashford has refused to back down, saying no child should be going hungry.
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Poverty
Benefits ‘scrounger’ narrative is deterring people from claiming support due to Covid
Steven Preece
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15th October 2020
Poverty charity calls for changes to reduce benefits stigma.
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Poverty
New child poverty data reveals the shocking extent of hardship in the UK
Steven Preece
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14th October 2020
"The children affected are on a cliff edge, and the pandemic will only sweep them further into danger."
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Press Releases
SNP call for universal basic income pilot
Steven Preece
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13th October 2020
Party says UBI has the potential to solve the poverty crisis.
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Universal Credit
Families on Universal Credit face a ‘cold, hard winter’ with 26% already cutting back on heating
Steven Preece
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8th October 2020
PM Boris Johnson urged to increase benefits and retain the £20 a week increase to Universal Credit.
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Press Releases
‘Millions face a bitter winter of rising unemployment and squeezed living standards’, says MP
Steven Preece
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27th September 2020
Tory government has "deliberately chosen" to let unemployment soar, says SNP MP.
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Food banks
Calls for stronger welfare support as food banks warn of surge in demand
Steven Preece
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14th September 2020
Food bank use expected to rise by 61% due to the impact of coronavirus.
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Poverty
DWP urged to increase ‘legacy benefits’ to avoid gap in support
Steven Preece
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12th September 2020
Policy shift would see 1.5 million more people benefit from a £20 per week benefits boost.
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