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Articles tagged with: Poverty
Regulators need to start listening to consumers
Communities
By Ben Cooper
Regulators need to start listening to consumers
To rebuild trust in markets, government and regulators need to start listening to consumers.
Tribute to Frank Field – by Kate Hoey
Obituaries
By Baroness Hoey
Tribute to Frank Field – by Kate Hoey
Devout Christian, ascetic and principled, Frank Field was also a person of dry wit and humour. A bold and original thinker, most notably on poverty and welfare, he was a formidable opponent and a faithful friend
UK leadership in international development Partner content
Foreign affairs
By Coalition for Global Prosperity
UK leadership in international development
At a time when the world is facing what Lord Cameron, the Foreign Secretary, has described as a daunting set of international challenges, the United Kingdom is at its most influential when it acts as a global leader in development as well as in defence and diplomacy. With a smart and effective aid budget, which leverages British expertise, the UK can transform lives and boost security and prosperity at home and abroad.
Being there for every child Partner content
Foreign affairs
By UNICEF UK
Being there for every child
How we can create a brighter future at home and abroad
Policy inaction means many will be cold, hungry and lonely this Christmas
Social affairs
By Archbishop of York
Policy inaction means many will be cold, hungry and lonely this Christmas
Walking down from the BBC to the House of Lords last week, I passed a homeless person huddled on the street.
Britain must turn the tide to ensure every child has access to nutritious food
Health
By Christina Adane
Britain must turn the tide to ensure every child has access to nutritious food
Over the last few years, the movement to end child food poverty has snowballed. From grassroots campaigning to support from celebrities like Marcus Rashford, Olivia Colman and Kate Winslet, and government pledges to extend free school meals, the fight to give kids the best possible start in life has captured the hearts of the nation.
Labour must ditch two-child benefit cap
Political parties
By Baroness Lister
Labour must ditch two-child benefit cap
Dubbed “the worst ever social security policy” by an eminent social policy professor, the two-child limit has become front page news.
It's Not Just Keir Starmer's Usual Detractors Who Don't Like His Two-Child Benefit Cap Stance
Political parties
It's Not Just Keir Starmer's Usual Detractors Who Don't Like His Two-Child Benefit Cap Stance
Discontent over Keir Starmer's surprising decision to retain the Tories' two-child benefit cap if Labour were in government has spread beyond the reaches of his usual detractors.
“Power in Place”: Why Focusing on Communities Can Help Address UK Poverty Partner content
Communities
By Policy@Manchester
“Power in Place”: Why Focusing on Communities Can Help Address UK Poverty
Inequalities between people and places are major and persistent challenges for the UK. Yet decades of policy interventions have largely failed to close the gaps that exist between different groups. Now a major new publication by Policy@Manchester, The University of Manchester’s policy engagement institute, suggests that embedding change needs to start with the local.
In a cost of living crisis we need to do more to limit the impact of financial insecurity on mental health
Health
By Lord Davies of Brixton
In a cost of living crisis we need to do more to limit the impact of financial insecurity on mental health
One in four of us will experience a problem with our mental health at some stage of our life. We also know that for those who are affected, having concurrent financial problems will almost invariably make things worse
Cash grants for struggling households can turn the tide on the growing use of food banks
Economy
By Wendy Chamberlain MP and Paul Maynard MP
Cash grants for struggling households can turn the tide on the growing use of food banks
As more and more people find themselves unable to afford the essentials, now is a critical time to assess the best ways to provide dignified support to people facing financial crisis.
West Tyrone – the most deprived constituency in Northern Ireland
Economy
By Órfhlaith Begley MP
West Tyrone – the most deprived constituency in Northern Ireland
The failure to replace lost European Union funding, the spiralling cost of living and the Democratic Unionist Party’s blockade of the executive in the north of Ireland have converged to create a perfect storm for rural communities.
Broken Britain: Inverclyde – the most deprived constituency in Scotland
Communities
By Ronnie Cowan MP
Broken Britain: Inverclyde – the most deprived constituency in Scotland
Thatcher ripped the heart of out of communities like Inverclyde – we need radical change to end this cycle of poverty
My New Year Wish... Helping the most vulnerable
Economy
By Baroness Stroud
My New Year Wish... Helping the most vulnerable
After the drama and tumult of the last 12 months, what might 2023 have in store for us? Baroness Stroud sets out her wish for the new year ahead
Veterans are not immune to the impact of poverty Partner content
Communities
By Veterans Aid
Veterans are not immune to the impact of poverty
The Chancellor's Autumn Financial Statement set the scene for a winter of unprecedented hardship in the UK and as Christmas looms it is evident that there are challenging times ahead for the most vulnerable. Some of those will be veterans – a group believed by many to be sheltered from the impact of extreme adversity.
Partner content
Communities
By Policy@Manchester
Power, poverty and place: why the local matters
Challenging norms on poverty.
How we can use data to improve equality of opportunity
Social affairs
By Alun Francis
How we can use data to improve equality of opportunity
Why do some people succeed and others fail? How can we ensure where someone starts in life doesn’t determine where they end up?
Wales will not stand for benefit cuts that will push many more households into poverty
Economy
By Hywel Williams MP
Wales will not stand for benefit cuts that will push many more households into poverty
Rocketing mortgage rates, soaring inflation and a near collapse in pensions brought on by the Prime Minister and the Chancellor’s reckless economic plans – all in less than 30 days of assuming office.
Where Are They Now? Heidi Allen
Communities
By Laura Hutchinson, Head of UK Political Intelligence
Where Are They Now? Heidi Allen
Heidi Allen, Conservative, Change UK and Liberal Democrat MP for South Cambridgeshire 2015 – 2019
British farmers are at the sharp end of the cost of living crisis – we must go further to support them
Economy
By Tim Farron MP
British farmers are at the sharp end of the cost of living crisis – we must go further to support them
Farmers are often overlooked and undervalued. They are custodians of biodiversity, cultural heritage, green energy, flood prevention, carbon sequestration, hiking paths… and then there’s the small matter of putting food on the table.
A benefits increase is essential to ease the cost of living for low-income families
Economy
By Baroness Lister
A benefits increase is essential to ease the cost of living for low-income families
“There is quite simply nothing left to cut back on.”
With the cost of living crisis only getting worse, we must tackle the growing need for food banks
Economy
By Wendy Chamberlain MP and Baroness D’Souza
With the cost of living crisis only getting worse, we must tackle the growing need for food banks
Today, we are launching a landmark investigation into how we tackle the growing – and incredibly concerning – need for food banks across the UK.
The world's poorest are getting poorer. We need a fresh approach to tackling inequality
Economy
By Patrick Watt
The world's poorest are getting poorer. We need a fresh approach to tackling inequality
The last two years have been brutal for people living in poverty, and for the billions more who teeter on its brink.
Our scatter-gun approach to be smoke-free by 2030 is failing
Health
By Adam Afriyie MP
Our scatter-gun approach to be smoke-free by 2030 is failing
My parliamentary friend and colleague, Charles Walker MP, held an important debate yesterday in Westminster on progress to achieving a smoke-free England by 2030.