Here’s how Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement must offer hope
‘The government needs to recalibrate policies’
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Welfare spending cut proposals ‘causing deep fear’ among people with serious health issues
‘The Chancellor has an unenviable task but she does have choices’
Child poverty strategy likely to fail unless two-child limit goes, charity warns
The charity estimates that the two-child limit pushes another 109 children into poverty each day.
Keir Starmer restores whip to four MPs who opposed the two-child benefit cap
‘I have found out in a news article’, said one of the MPs who has not yet had the whip restored
Scotland’s promise to abolish two-child benefit cap expected to reduce child poverty by 2029
Scotland has promised to scrap the two-child limit on benefits from 2026.
Food banks at Christmas: ‘They’re thinking about having enough food, not celebrating’
A food bank manager and research and policy director at Trussell speak to Left Foot Forward about food bank use at Christmas.
Labour’s drift to the right could risk Keir Starmer being a one-term prime minister
The government’s honeymoon has been short lived.
Home Office move-on period: Refugees and charities ‘relieved’, but extension must be permanent
Refugees faced move-on periods that were too short to do basic things like open a bank account and find housing. Will the new 56-day move-on period help?
‘Starmer must avoid Biden’s strategic mistake’: Reactions to Keir Starmer’s ‘Plan for Change’
‘Unless economic growth delivers material benefits for more of us, Starmer risks suffering the same fate as US President Biden.’
100,000 more children set to be in poverty within five years, new analysis shows
Currently, 4.3 million children in the UK live in poverty, with 1 million experiencing destitution.