The coronavirus pandemic has unleashed a crisis of hunger, as new figures from the Trussell Trust food bank network show a surge in demand for food parcels since the pandemic began. The latest…Read more…
‘Selfness, kindness, togetherness’
Marcus Rashford’s campaign to press the government to extend free school meals over the holidays may have had a setback this week when Tory MPs almost unanimously voted against the idea – but the…Read more…
‘This is not going away anytime soon’
The government faces mounting pressure from professional footballer Marcus Rashford, now with the backing of the Labour party, to extend free school meals into the Christmas holidays and beyond. Amid…Read more…
Increase in hunger ‘miserable legacy’ of pandemic
Last month, campaigning led by footballer Marcus Rashford forced the government to U-turn on free school meals and agree to extend vouchers for eligible children throughout the summer holidays….Read more…
Not just for Covid
Each year the demand for these meals has grown. We have seen at first hand the effect of poverty, and the difficulty and sadness of parents unable to feed their children adequately during the…Read more…
Report shines ‘searing light’ on Covid-19
As Unite had long suspected class and race are the biggest factors in determining those that have died or been taken ill by the Covid-19 pandemic – now an undeniable fact borne out the government’s…Read more…
‘Terrible human cost’
Child poverty among working families has skyrocketed according to the latest figures, in a damning testament to the damage Tory-led governments have wrought during their last near-decade in power….Read more…
More than just a packed lunch
In part 3 of our Heart Unions series, we catch up with the Unite Community Norfolk branch, which over the summer, took matters into their own hands to tackle holiday hunger in the face of austerity….Read more…
Petition: Repeal the two child limit to Tax Credits and Universal Credit.
Repeal the two child limit to Tax Credits and Universal Credit.It is a glaring injustice. It breaks the link between the assessment of children’s needs and the support they receive.
It will worsen child poverty. Not all women have control over the…Read more…
Child Poverty in London
This is from a hard hitting report by the Child Poverty Action Group. 37% of children in London (700,000 kids) live in poverty. It is projected to rise 2019-2021 to 41.5%. What a shameful statistic for one of the richest cities in the world. 2/3rds of …Read more…
‘Solidarity not charity’
Mary*, mother of three children ages 7,5 and 2, has little faith in the social safety net that’s supposed support her and her family. “The Job Centre just isn’t interested in helping someone…Read more…
‘No-frills’ lifestyle out of reach
The government’s so-called National ‘Living Wage’ (NLW) is anything but, as new research shows families with two parents working full-time on the statutory minimum will not earn enough to support…Read more…
‘Too little, too late’
The unprecedented rise in food bank use in the last decade is a phenomenon that successive Tory governments have long buried their heads in the sand over. Just last year, Tory MP Jacob…Read more…
Poverty rising
Falling incomes, austerity and Brexit have caused the biggest rise in UK poverty since the Thatcher years, according to new analysis from the Resolution Foundation. The think tank’s annual…Read more…
‘Terrible human cost’
A million more kids from working families will be living in poverty this year than in 2010, shocking new analysis shows. Research from the TUC, conducted by Landman Economics, estimates that…Read more…
‘It cannot be right’
Thousands of people on Universal Credit (UC) – who are already struggling on low incomes – face having their entitlements slashed because of the government’s own errors. The Department of Work…Read more…
Babes below the breadline
More than half of all children in the UK’s poorest areas are living in poverty because of government cuts, according to a new report. Figures analysed by the End Child Poverty charity show…Read more…
‘National scandal’
The UK is backsliding on progress in the fight against poverty, with hundreds of thousands more pensioners and children suffering compared to four years ago. A report from the Joseph Rowntree…Read more…
Universal Credit crisis
Relentless Tory austerity threatens to plunge a million more children into poverty, a damning new report warns. Experts found the impact of years of Conservative cuts coupled with slashed…Read more…
The cuts that kill
There is a great deal that can and should be said about child poverty, the misery, and the hopelessness it causes. Growth in child poverty is the consequence of many of this governments…Read more…