Four years of the Tories’ two-child limit: Here’s what it’s done
If the Tory policy was scrapped now 200,000 children would immediately be lifted out of poverty
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Tory ‘levelling up’ fund is leaving some of the poorest in Scotland behind
The SNP have slammed the government for depriving some of the poorest Scots of funding in the scandal-hit ‘levelling up’ scheme.
Plaid Cymru MP: Poor children in Wales failed by school meals policy
Free schools meals are failing to reach many of those who need them most in Wales.
Neil Gray MP: How slashing Universal Credit will plunge thousands into poverty
We are still in the midst of the worst health and economic crisis that impact those on the lowest incomes hardest.
Tory MP accuses public of ‘instant outrage’ free school meals
A Twitter post shared a a ‘pitiful’ amount of food from a free school meal bag meant to last for 10 days
Government again denies flaws in Universal Credit – despite grim testimony given to MPs
‘The new lockdown will have brought a renewed sense of financial dread for many families’
Daniel Zeichner: Britain’s food system is broken – and the Tories can’t fix it
The market alone can’t solve food poverty.
Jim McMahon: This government must stop treating the North as an afterthought
The North could help boost Britain’s economic recovery but not if we repeat mistakes of the past, writes Jim McMahon MP
How the Tories have allowed millions to plunge into destitution
Poverty and destitution are not the outcome of some invisible hand of fate, but the that of government policies and unresponsive economic and political institutions.
8 MPs who won awards for tackling discrimination, health inequality and poverty
All of these MPs have done significant work to support disadvantaged communities this year
