Poverty

Two-thirds of families on Universal Credit pushed into debt during lockdown

Steven Preece - 17th June 2020

Government urged to increase to the child element of Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit.

Children

Marcus Rashford forces Tories into humiliating U-turn on free school meals

Steven Preece - 16th June 2020

Marcus Rashford: "Just look at what we can do when we come together".

Charities

New Universal Credit claimants facing hardship and ‘skipping meals’ due to five-week wait

Steven Preece - 10th June 2020

Citizens Advice calls for urgent changes to the minimum five-week wait for Universal Credit.

Charities

Coronavirus: Food banks swamped with requests for emergency food aid

Steven Preece - 6th June 2020

Demand for emergency food parcels has reached unprecented levels as COVID-19 ravages already struggling communities.

Economy

Children cut adrift as poverty leaves COVID-generation facing a perilous future

Steven Preece - 20th May 2020

UK government urged to 'immediately increase household income for the least well off'.

Economy

Universal Basic Income is no longer seen as a crazy utopian ideal but a necessary step to end poverty

Steven Preece - 6th May 2020

Survey shows that 71% of Europeans support the idea of a universal basic income.

Charities

Coronavirus pandemic has widened the gender pay gap, say poverty campaigners

Steven Preece - 4th May 2020

Women hit harder than men by the economic fallout of the Coronavirus outbreak.

Children

One in five UK households with children go hungry during Covid-19 lockdown

Steven Preece - 3rd May 2020

UK Government facing mounting pressure to strengthen the social security safety net.

Charities

81% surge in foodbank use sparks calls for a stronger welfare safety net

Steven Preece - 1st May 2020

Coalition of charities call for a 'Coronavirus Emergency Income Support Scheme' to help protect low-income households.

DWP

Family of man who ‘starved to death’ after benefits stopped issue legal claim against DWP

Steven Preece - 1st May 2020

Errol Graham was found dead in his flat weighing only four and a half stone.

Charities

Nearly 11 MILLION children at risk of Coronavirus poverty as campaigners demand benefit changes

Steven Preece - 23rd April 2020

More than two-thirds of UK children are living in households where their parents’ employment has been affected by Covid-19.

Health

Coronavirus poverty and panic buying forces millions to go without food

Steven Preece - 12th April 2020

Campaigners calls on government and local authorities to do more to help hungry households.

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Universal CreditSteven Preece - 18th September 2020

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

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

Real Life

Tories warned of ‘mass unemployment’ as number of people out of work hits two-year high

Steven Preece - 16th September 2020

UK government urged to extend the furlough scheme to protect workers.

Real Life

Whingeing Lords demand hardship fund despite £162 daily allowance

Steven Preece - 14th September 2020

Documents "expose the total privilege and sheer arrogance of unelected Lords at Westminster".

Society

DWP to hire thousands of new work coaches amid Covid-19 job losses

Steven Preece - 10th September 2020

"Getting Britain back to work as quickly as possible is vital", says DWP minister.

Universal Credit

Universal Credit increase must be made permanent and extended to legacy benefits

Steven Preece - 9th September 2020

Reversing the increase risks plunging 700,000 more people into poverty, report says.

Poverty

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