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High rents to leave 6 million in poverty by 2040
Half of those who live in private rented homes will be living in poverty by 2040 if current trends continue.
This week’s most read: Osborne slapped down, Julien Blanc and a conversation with Natalie Bennett
The most read articles on Left Foot Forward this week.
Unemployment down 115,000 to 1.96 million
Unemployment decreased by 115,000 in the three months to September 2014 to 1.96 million, with the unemployment rate now at 6.0 per cent, today’s labour market statistics reveal.
This week’s most read: Predatory men, the immigration argument and the Living Wage
The most read articles on Left Foot Forward this week.
Benefit fraud accounts for just 0.7 per cent of welfare spending, new figures show
Benefit fraud accounted for just 0.7 per cent of welfare spending in 2013/2014, according to new government figures published today.
Men twice as likely to earn over £50,000 a year as women, according to new figures
Men working full-time are twice as likely to earn over £50,000 a year as full-time women, according to an analysis by the TUC to mark Equal Pay Day.