Almost half of children in lone-parent families in relative poverty due to reduction in real value of benefits
The rise in relative poverty for children of lone parents reflects reductions in the real value of state benefits between 2011 and 2019.
Tag: Cost Of Living Crisis
Royal spending surpasses £100m as household incomes fall for record fourth quarter in a row
“As always, while the rest of us face a cost-of-living crisis and continued squeezes on public services, the royals walk off with hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money.”
BT denies union claims that staff set up food bank for colleagues after tweet went viral
BT denied the initiative was a food bank, saying it was set up by staff to help colleagues, such as those who struggle to get to the shops after a long shift.
No 10 defends inflation-busting rise for pensioners but not public workers and this comment might explain why
"Bingo. Divide and rule, and protect their rapidly-shrinking dinosaur base. That’s all they’ve got left," said one person in response to the comment.
Shoppers’ annual grocery bills ‘to rise by £380’
Kantar data has revealed that grocery price inflation jumped to 8.3 per cent over the four weeks to June 12.
Protesters march to demand help with cost-of-living crisis
Loud music, including the songs 9 To 5, I Need A Dollar and Money, Money, Money were played through speakers.
Iceland put essential items on sale for 1p for shoppers who are ‘struggling before payday’
“We’re committed to helping our customers as much as we can at this difficult time and will continue to do so.”
Cost of living crisis: People given map showing where they can find and pick free wild food
In April alone we saw over two million residents skipped at least one meal because they could not afford or could not access food.
Starmer urged to back £15 per hour for care workers as UK workers see pay lag behind inflation at record rate
“The Tories would keep it this way and Labour has the chance to show it really does want to create a new normal."