‘Poverty in Scotland is rising, from an already unacceptably high level’ says the October 2019 report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). This report looks
Globally, we need a shift towards the promotion of high-quality, publicly-funded public services which work in the interests of people, not company shareholders. This is
Over the last decade, child poverty has been rising, and it’s projected to rise even further in coming years. This is according to the September 2019 paper from Child Poverty Action Group on our social security system.
NHS charging is especially damaging for undocumented migrant women, many of whom are socially and economically marginalised and vulnerable. This is according to the September
The overall cost of a child up to age 18 (including rent and childcare) is £185,000 for lone parents (up 19% since 2012) and £151,000 for couples (up 5.5% since 2012).
‘Now is not the time for short-term public spending splurges, we need a long-term plan’ says the September 2019 report from the Centre for Labour
To date, the scheduled publication date of a social care Green Paper has been missed five times. However, it was reported in the Financial Times
The British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) have released a resource in July 2019. This online tool aims to give you information about how human
‘The DWP needs to abolish the 5 week wait for Universal Credit (UC)’ says the July 2019 report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Universal Credit.
An estimated 160,000 families have already been affected by the two-child limit to date; the majority are working families and the majority have just three children.
