Gulf between asylum and benefit support leaves thousands of children in severe poverty
The gap between asylum support and mainstream benefit rates is leaving thousands of children in severe poverty, new analysis from The Children’s Society shows.
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Britain 2012: Some families have only £2 per person per day for food
The fact that some families have £2 per person per day for food is a stark reality for many – but this hardship is lost on the government, report Family Action.
Transport poverty is hitting the headlines – it’s time for fair thinking on fuel
Eleanor Besley argues that we can’t focus just on car drivers when it comes to transport policy – and that if we put all our effort on to fuel price, we risk subsidising the rich.
Edwina Currie is good at making people cry
Alex Hern reports on heartless Edwina Currie and how good she is at making people cry
How can we fight child poverty without hitting people’s pockets?
Matthew Butcher argues, with Duncan Exley, that the Living Wage is the only way to reconcile the seemingly conflicting desires to end child poverty but also to decrease taxation.
Does the child poverty agenda now belong to the Conservatives?
Declan Gaffney looks at the British Social Attitudes Survey 2011 and asks whether the child poverty agenda now belongs to Iain Duncan Smith’s Conservatives.
Forget “child poverty”; just fight for a decent childhood for all
Kate Bell and Jason Strelitz write about how best the government can achieve its aim of ending child poverty in Britain.
Currie v Jones: Do people go hungry in Britain?
Alex Hern reports on Edwina Curries shocking comments on poverty in Britain
IDS jumped the gun: Gangs had nothing to do with the riots
Three months on, Ben Mitchell goes through what we now know about the reasons for the riots.
Why won’t the government walk the walk when it comes to unpaid internships?
Gus Baker, co-director of Intern Aware, writes about how the government needs to start acting on its harsh words on unpaid internships.