All news on the topic: poverty
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Teachers forced to step in to provide uniforms and food for poor children
The troubling survey of more than 17,800 National Education Union (NEU) members laid bare the extent to which schools are being forced to intervene to help families bucking under cost of living pressures
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Terminally ill patients plunged into poverty with some too scared to heat homes
Carers have found patients lying in distress, curled up under blankets for hours in damp homes. Data from end-of-life charity Marie Curie found 89% of staff have patients with cash woes
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YouTuber's heartless prank on homeless man inspired OAP to help rough sleepers
Former rough sleeper Nigel Hollander, 78, decided to dedicate his time to helping the homeless and in need after watching a YouTube video in which a prankster played a cruel trick
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Dickens would be 'horrified' to see poverty in modern-day Britain, says relative
Writer's great-great-great-granddaughter believes it's a relevant time for people to appreciate the story told in Great Expectations ahead of new adaptation
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Mum-of-3 on Universal Credit asks 'what will we do' when down to 'last tenner'
Paris Cambridge, and her family from Seacroft, Leeds, have been hit hard by the cost-of-living crisis like countless Brits, and left desperately asking what she can do when her family are down to her 'last tenner'
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'I pawned my wedding ring to feed my family - now I earn thousands every month'
A mum has shared the heartbreaking poverty her family faced before she started an agency to find child stars – and now reportedly makes $100,000 a month.
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From Sandbanks to food banks - Property hotspot is surrounded by poverty
An increasing number of people are forced to use foodbanks in Poole, the coastal town whose outcrop of Sandbanks this week became the most expensive place to live on the planet
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'Living in the countryside linked to having a better memory in over 50s'
Dr Miriam Stoppard unpicks some research from University College London that shows the upside of rural living on brain power
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Nadiya Hussain fights back against period poverty to tackle 'shame' women feel
Period poverty is a major crisis faced by many in the UK and across the world but is thought of as taboo - this International Women's Day chef Nadiya Hussain is fighting back to help those in need
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Give surplus food to families to ease cost-of-living crisis, charities tell PM
Fareshare has written a letter, signed by 1,020 organisations, to Rishi Sunak telling the Conservative leader: “The UK has a hunger crisis and your Government is absent"
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Figures expose 'fallacy' of benefit cap 'work incentive', poverty group says
Ministers are now facing calls to abandon the cap - around £1,666 per month for a couple per month outside London - which one expert said makes 'no logical sense'
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Migrant boy shares how harsh upbringing helped him rise to CEO with six children
Rene Rodriguez, now the CEO of consultancy firm Volentum, and father to six children, was once a part-time door-to-door seller to pay his bills during college
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UK town compared to war zone as police seize swords and fireworks thrown at cars
This month a national survey of 100,000 people labelled Kent's Chatham as the 39th worst town in England - but many of the town's residents are now pushing back
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1.6m children living in cold, damp or mouldy homes in cost-of-living crisis UK
The grim revelation came from the Citizens Advice charity, which called on the Government to widen new legislation to include private rental properties in its crackdown on substandard homes
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Free meals in all primary schools 'benefits education, health and life chances'
Pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to ensure all primary pupils in England get a proper hot meal, as an estimated 800,000 children living in poverty miss out due to eligibility rules
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Nearly 500,000 Brits overseas face poverty after pension increases frozen
Those who emigrated abroad have not had annual increases in their pensions for 70 years except where Britain has a reciprocal agreement with the country they now live in
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Lee Anderson backs out of deal to deliver 48000 Lib Dem leaflets criticising him
The Ashfield MP told the Lib Dems if they sent him a stack of their new poster pointing some of his quotes on the death penalty, food banks and poverty he'd distribute them himself. So they did. Here's what happened
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Two million children in poverty due to parents' work barriers, charity warns
Researchers found work is often not a route out of hardship for families where both parents or a single parent is already working full-time, have long-term sickness or disability, or caring responsibilities
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Reporter and her aristocrat family to apologise for their slave trade shame
The aristocratic Trevelyan family, which owned six sugar plantations and thousands of slaves on the Caribbean island of Grenada, are going to publicly apologise to the country and use £100,000 to establish a community fund on the poverty-stricken island
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Mum loses two stone in six weeks after starving herself to feed her children
Kelly Young, 41, prioritised feeding her children when she lost her job and despite being back in work, is still struggling to manage in a harrowing indictment of how many people are struggling to survive
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UK town so poor 'children have no shoes' and parents turn to loan sharks
The seaside town of Withernsea, East Yorkshire, relies on seasonal trade and has seen good times in the past but families have cut trips to the coast as their budgets bite and the town struggles
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Inside 'baby bank' where desperate mums who can't afford nappies or clothes turn
A 'baby bank' in London is helping desperate parents who cannot afford basic necessities for their children including nappies, clothes and toys. Volunteers expect 2023 to be even busier than 2022
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One million kids growing up in poverty as families fight to buy even the basics
One in four UK children, including 1.3 million primary school children and one million under four, are growing up below the poverty line, a new report has found
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Inside seaside town where life expectancy is lower than new State pension age
In Blackpool’s Bloomfield ward, in the shadow of the town’s football ground, the average life expectancy of men is just 67 years and three months - lower than the new proposed state pension age of 68
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'Only in Tory UK could poorest households struggle with highest energy bills'
Instead of showing any understanding, the energy companies are forcing more and more people on to meters, and obtaining warrants so they can enter homes to fit the devices
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