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What kind of country puts its pensioners ahead of children in poverty?

As long as a third of children are living below the poverty line, the government cannot justify keeping the pensions triple lock, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Benefits uplift still unlikely to cover cost of essentials, say experts

Anti-poverty charities have warned an above-inflation rise from April would still see many people struggling with the costs of heat, rent and energy.

Evening Standard

Worried about rising bills and getting by? Keir Starmer has the answer: try chewing a flag!

The PM wants to talk about patriotism when the issue that is really affecting people is the cost of living. If he doesn’t wise up, that dissonance will sink him, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK

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Scotland on course to miss child poverty reduction target

Scotland is on course to miss a child poverty reduction target by a “large margin”, a report has warned

The National (Scotland)

‘Near impossible’ for poorer families to afford food and bills as UK faces decade of falling incomes, report warns

The findings will pile further pressure on the chancellor to scrap the two-child benefit cap long blamed for keeping children in poverty

The Independent UK

England’s social care system is at ‘breaking point’, government warned

The number of unpaid carers increasing by 70 per cent over the past two decades, a report revealed

The Independent UK

Seamus Logan: Labour's Victorian approach to welfare is shameful

A NEW report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) highlights the lack of progress made by the Labour Government on key measures of hardship ...

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Survey finds larger lower-income families most likely to borrow for essentials

Research suggests the cost of living is still ‘grinding down’ many families a year on from Labour’s general election victory.

Evening Standard

Britain’s ‘medieval’ health inequality is devastating NHS, experts say

Exclusive: Health service estimated to be spending £50bn a year on effects of deprivation and child poverty

The Guardian - UK

Mapped: Where Labour’s benefit cuts will hit the hardest

New analysis shows which regions will see the most lose out from Labour’s benefit cuts

The Independent UK

'It's a gamble': Economist gives verdict on UK Government benefit cuts

The UK Government is unlikely to see a boost in employment rates on the back of making cuts to disability benefits, an economic expert has said.

The National (Scotland)

UK Government warned not to 'push more families into hardship', at poverty summit

THE UK Government has been warned not to “push even more families into hardship” by imposing austerity cuts, ahead of a poverty summit at…

The National (Scotland)

Rachel Reeves 'rejects' data showing 'everyone is getting poorer' under Labour

RACHEL Reeves has rejected data from a leading poverty charity which suggests the average family could be £1400 a year worse off by the end of the…

The National (Scotland)

All UK families could see average living standards fall by 2030, forecast warns

Sir Keir Starmer’s government could be first to see living standards fall since 1955, warns Joseph Rowntree Foundation

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All UK families ‘to be worse off by 2030’ as poor bear the brunt, new data warns

Keir Starmer has been dealt a fresh blow to his living standards pledge in advance of the spring statement

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer to unveil drastic disability benefit cuts despite opposition

Changes could deny benefits to people who need help to wash or to remember to go to the toilet

The Guardian - UK

Which benefits is Keir Starmer’s government planning to cut and why?

PM is under increasing pressure over targeting of incapacity and disability benefits. We look at some key questionsUK politics live – latest updates

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Starmer decries ‘worst of all worlds’ benefits system ahead of deep cuts

PM expected to announce billions in savings from personal independence payment, the main disability benefit

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The Independent UK

Does GDP growth mean ‘more money in your pocket’? Reeves plan explained

Chancellor says growth will drive up living standards – but some are less sure

The Guardian - UK

Labour must seize the moment to show child poverty matters in push for growth

Scrapping two-child benefit cap is among levers Rachel Reeves could pull – yet chancellor remains silent on ‘shameful’ levels of poverty

The Guardian - UK

Child poverty predicted to rise in most of UK except Scotland

Joseph Rowntree Foundation calls for benefits changes amid pressure on Labour to scrap two-child benefit cap

The National (Scotland)

Child poverty to fall in Scotland but rise in rest of UK, major report projects

SCOTLAND will be the only part of the UK to see child poverty rates fall over the next four years, a major new report has found ...

The National (Scotland)

'Wake-up call': SNP urge Labour to act on 'growth won't help child poverty' warning

A MAJOR report predicting that Scotland is to “buck the trend” and see child poverty rates fall while they rise across the UK should be a…

The Independent UK

Reeves’ growth drive rubbished by charity as report exposes scale of UK poverty

The chancellor says growing the economy is Labour’s main priority, but the Joseph Rowntree Foundation says economic growth alone won’t pull millions out of poverty

The Independent UK

Economic growth alone not enough to cut poverty, says charity

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said poverty levels could even rise if economic growth is not accompanied by employment growth.

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