Tag Archive: Randeep Ramesh

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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Nov 10

Healthcare sell-off makes GPs millions

£48m buyout exposes profits to be made by doctors from coalition’s NHS reforms

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Oct 30

MPs criticise department of health over bankrupt hospitals

Public accounts committee warns that a ‘growing number’ of NHS trusts are facing financial difficulty

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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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Sep 17

Unemployed deliberately held in call centre queues to promote website

Memo reveals plan to keep jobless on hold so they can hear messages advising them to make claims online

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Aug 29

Atos holds £3bn of government contracts

Controversial Paralympic sponsor has won work across Whitehall as well as running work capability assessments

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Aug 16

Charity demands welfare policy rethink as homelessness grows

Councils intervene in 199,000 cases in England but fewer houses are being built

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