More than a million unpaid UK carers living in poverty, research finds Carers UK estimates 600 people a day quit jobs to care for loved…
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A new report says the scale of poverty in the UK shows “social failure at scale”
Nearly three in four (72%) school staff believe there has been an increase in ‘hygiene poverty’ issues in their school in the last year, according to new figures.
‘It’s 2023, everybody should be able to afford to buy a bar of soap’
The Guardian says hard-up families are skipping meals, wearing coats indoors to stay warm, and living in the dark because they can’t afford to switch on the lights.
The Guardian says the rising price of food caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and increased energy costs could push a quarter of a billion more people into extreme poverty, Oxfam has warned.
The Daily Mirror says a shocking two in three children are living in poverty in some parts of the UK, the latest figures show.
‘I could do more with £30’: Growing anger over free-school meal replacement parcels An angry parent shared a photo via Twitter of what she says…
World’s richest 1% cause more than double CO2 emissions of the poorest 50% – Oxfam Oxfam and the Stockholm Environment Insitute released a report revealing…
Behind the Iraq protests Poverty, government corruption and unemployment are behind the Iraq protests as Iraqis have taken to the streets to demand regime change.…
The 39 people found dead in a refrigerated trailer in Essex were Chinese nationals. The lorry driver Mo Robinson, 25 is still being questioned on…
While politicians expend all of their energy on Brexit, the country’s already troubling levels of inequality and economic slowdown have only gotten worse. This is…
BRIEF – ME! – WORLD NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, two teens have been charged with the murder of a 14-year-old boy who was stabbed to…