Not a single Tory MP voted to protect migrants on Tuesday
Campaigners say the ‘No Recourse to Public Funds’ policy is illegal and puts thousands at risk of destitution. Credit: Jessica Taylor / UK Parliament.
Social Justice
EXCLUSIVE: Lib Dem leadership contender calls for action as figures reveal just 1% of court judges are black
People of colour are significantly under-represented among court judges in England and Wales.
How charities plan to engineer an end to rough sleeping – forever
Charities are putting forward ambitious plans to end homelessness at last.
MPs: The government must not blow this chance to end homelessness in the UK
A new parliamentary report sets out the shocking state of housing precarity – and demands immediate action.
Rural Britain needs a New Deal
Rural poverty has been ignored for too long – and it could get much worse without serious action now.
Iain Duncan Smith: Burden of coronavirus payback will fall hardest on poorest
He said the burden “will fall heaviest on those on low incomes”.
The BBC and government are failing freelancers
They’ve been dumped on the scrapheap.
Food bank boss reveals staggering impact of crisis on food poverty
“It would be false for me to say we can continue to meet indefinitely an unspecified level of demand.”
Child hunger warning as Tories stop free school meal vouchers over half term
“This is absolutely not the time to be withdrawing support for free school meals.”
New figures reveal devastating disparities in Covid deaths depending on your occupation
Turns out coronavirus does discriminate, after all.