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Tories reject petition signed by 120,000 people demanding fairer disability benefits

Steven Preece - 21st November 2020

Petition calls for the £20 a week uplift to Universal Credit to be extended to legacy benefits.

Press Releases

Poor hit by fallout of Covid driven into extreme hardship – but the rich get richer

Steven Preece - 17th November 2020

Fears grow around the widening of social inequalities in the wake of the Covid pandemic.

Universal Credit

Call to end Universal Credit wait after huge surge in household debt and foodbank use

Steven Preece - 12th November 2020

Tories urged to scrap the five week wait for Universal Credit and strengthen welfare protections.

Food banks

Food banks report huge surge in demand for food parcels amid Covid pandemic

Steven Preece - 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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Second Tory U-turn on free school meals welcomed by Rashford but over a million kids will still go hungry

Steven Preece - 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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Coronavirus: UK facing a ‘perfect storm of awfulness’ if welfare support isn’t improved

Steven Preece - 1st November 2020

Boris Johnson's own former homelessness adviser warns of an impending winter crisis.

Food banks

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

Steven Preece - 24th October 2020

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

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

Steven Preece - 15th October 2020

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

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

Steven Preece - 15th October 2020

Poverty charity calls for changes to reduce benefits stigma.

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

Steven Preece - 14th October 2020

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

Press Releases

SNP call for universal basic income pilot

Steven Preece - 13th October 2020

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

Universal Credit

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

Steven Preece - 8th October 2020

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

Press Releases

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

Steven Preece - 27th September 2020

Tory government has "deliberately chosen" to let unemployment soar, says SNP MP.

Food banks

Calls for stronger welfare support as food banks warn of surge in demand

Steven Preece - 14th September 2020

Food bank use expected to rise by 61% due to the impact of coronavirus.

Poverty

DWP urged to increase ‘legacy benefits’ to avoid gap in support

Steven Preece - 12th September 2020

Policy shift would see 1.5 million more people benefit from a £20 per week benefits boost.

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