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

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…

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

Editorial: The budget favours increased public spending and taxation, contrasting with Tory austerity. However, there were missed opportunities to address poverty and inequality

Labour urged to abolish the two-child benefit gap by charities who say the damage it causes ‘grows every day’

Public now expect to have to save £200 a year due to spiriling NHS waiting lists

The University Grants Commission-administered and the National Testing Agency-conducted National Eligibility Test was cancelled just a little after the NTA-coordinated National Eligibility cum Entrance Test’s last-minute annulment – after it was revealed that question papers were leaked and both examinations compromised.

Schools and health services forced to offer crisis help in the form of food, clothing, money and advice

Editorial: Opaque ownership structures and bumper profits point to an early years sector gone wrong