The government’s planned disability benefit cuts will hit 700,000 families who are already in poverty, according to internal Department for Work and Pensions forecasts obtained by the Guardian
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May 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The government’s planned disability benefit cuts will hit 700,000 families who are already in poverty, according to internal Department for Work and Pensions forecasts obtained by the Guardian
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Wales 34.4%
England 31.5%
NI 26.2%
Scotland 21.8%
“Scottish welfare policy has significantly diverged from that of the rest of the UK in recent years, with the SNP government using devolved powers to mitigate Westminster austerity”
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England 31.5%
NI 26.2%
Scotland 21.8%
“Scottish welfare policy has significantly diverged from that of the rest of the UK in recent years, with the SNP government using devolved powers to mitigate Westminster austerity”
#Scotland #Ireland #Poverty #ChildPoverty
Child poverty predicted to rise in most of UK except Scotland
Child poverty predicted to rise in most of UK except Scotland
Joseph Rowntree Foundation calls for changes to benefits system amid pressure on Labour to scrap two-child limit
Child poverty is on course to increase in most of the UK by the end of this parliament, with only Scotland bucking the trend, according to…
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January 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Wales 34.4%
England 31.5%
NI 26.2%
Scotland 21.8%
“Scottish welfare policy has significantly diverged from that of the rest of the UK in recent years, with the SNP government using devolved powers to mitigate Westminster austerity”
#Scotland #Ireland #Poverty #ChildPoverty
England 31.5%
NI 26.2%
Scotland 21.8%
“Scottish welfare policy has significantly diverged from that of the rest of the UK in recent years, with the SNP government using devolved powers to mitigate Westminster austerity”
#Scotland #Ireland #Poverty #ChildPoverty
The UK’s birthrate has been consistently falling since 2010, with data showing it dropped in England and Wales to an average of 1.44 children per woman in 2023, the lowest on record.
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May 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The UK’s birthrate has been consistently falling since 2010, with data showing it dropped in England and Wales to an average of 1.44 children per woman in 2023, the lowest on record.
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#poverty #ChildPoverty #Economy #LabourParty
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My 25yo daughter works in a SEND school in Wales. She sees pupils in poverty: hygiene, period, food, clothing. She tries to help as much as she can but has gone home & cried. I give her things to take in when I see her. This shouldn’t be happening 💔 #ChildPoverty
This is awful. Teachers are being forced to plug more and more gaps - as one school in Blackpool has even installed its own launderette to help pupils suffering from hygiene poverty
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Teachers washing students' school uniforms amid hygiene poverty worries
Teachers are being forced to plug more and more gaps - as one school in Blackpool has even installed its own launderette to help pupils suffering from hygiene poverty.
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November 16, 2024 at 8:55 AM
My 25yo daughter works in a SEND school in Wales. She sees pupils in poverty: hygiene, period, food, clothing. She tries to help as much as she can but has gone home & cried. I give her things to take in when I see her. This shouldn’t be happening 💔 #ChildPoverty