The UK seaside town where poverty is so bad it’s ‘like living in Victorian times’
It's been dubbed Britain's 'worklessness capital' and hepls underline the uphill battle Sir Keir Starmer faces getting two ...
BBC9 个月
Absolute poverty: UK sees biggest rise for 30 years
The energy price crisis caused the sharpest increase in UK absolute poverty in 30 years, new figures show. Steep prices rises, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, meant hundreds of thousands ...
ESA13 天
Channel 4 documentary on benefits was ‘atrocity’ and ‘insult’ to disabled people in ...
A Channel 4 documentary that claimed to expose the “scandal” of the disability benefits system has been described as an ...
BBC2 年
Poverty in the UK is 'systematic' and 'tragic', says UN special rapporteur
The UK's social safety net has been "deliberately removed and replaced with a harsh and uncaring ethos", a report commissioned by the UN has said. Special rapporteur on extreme poverty Philip ...
The Independent29 天
Thousands forced into poverty by winter fuel squeeze, Government estimates
Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary ... poverty line – this year and into the future”. Caroline Abrahams, Age UK ...