Radical scheme will look at giving regional bodies a say how billions of pounds are spent to try to cut benefits bill
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May 08
One in four UK children will be living in poverty by 2020, says thinktank
One in four children in Britain – 3.4 million – will be in relative poverty by 2020, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned.
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Oct 30
Universal credit will hit low-income families, charity warns
Welfare reform could see families lose free school meals and prescriptions, says Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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Oct 16
Number of UK poor receiving emergency food aid doubles
Figures from Trussell Trust, which operates food banks, show 110,000 were referred for help between April and September
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Sep 30
Labour’s wretched silence on child poverty
To the detriment of the poor, Johann Lamont seems to be aping the worst of the Iron Lady
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Sep 23
Thousands of pupils shamed out of free school meals
300,000 prefer to take a packed lunch rather than face ‘stigma’ of sitting apart from friends, research shows
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Dec 14
Exposed: the myth of a ‘culture of worklessness’
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by eJay
December 14, 2012
Extensive research shows that families experiencing long-term unemployment remain committed to the value of work
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