poverty
Public sector workers ‘going without a daily meal’ because of Tory pay cap
The survey of 11,000 workers found that 17 per cent couldn't afford to keep their homes warm, whilst 9 per were going without a regular daily meal.
Despite high employment, the economy is not working for everyone
It is no longer generating rising earnings for a majority of the population, and young people today are set to be poorer than their parents.
Men from poor backgrounds twice as likely to be single, study finds
The earnings gap between men from richer and poorer backgrounds is also widening, according to new research by the IFS.
British Gas’s 12.5 per cent electricity hike will force more into fuel poverty
The number of people in fuel poverty grew from 3.5m to 4m from 2015 to 2016 alone. We need a national response on this unseen issue.
When Tories say school ‘choice’, they mean handouts for rich kids
Don't believe the spin on free schools and grammars
Work doesn’t pay in Tory Britain as in-work poverty hits record high
Half of those in poverty live in working households - including 2.6 million children