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Welfare payment cuts are unjust and target the most vulnerable in society
Welfare cuts unjust, say four churches The churches say poor people are misrepresented as being lazy Benefits changes Four churches have joined forces to accuse the government of welfare payment cuts...
View ArticleHelp for carers and other residents to keep warm in North Norfolk
Almost 2,000 in North Norfolk to save money on energy bills Monday, April 15, 2013 3:31 PM Almost 2,000 north Norfolk households are set for a spring cut to their electricity and gas bills, having...
View ArticleThe benefit sanctions regime has “gone too far”, leading “to destitution,...
Half a million people in Britain rely on food banks By: Information Daily Staff Writer Published: Thursday, May 30, 2013 – 11:46 GMT Huge cuts to welfare reform have left more than half a million...
View ArticleGovernment’s bedroom tax forces carers to cut back on food
Emily Dugan Author Tuesday 09 July 2013 Carers are being forced to cut back on essentials such as food and electricity because of the so-called bedroom tax. Despite Government promises to protect...
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Working parents may hit ‘ceiling’
By Press Association , Jul 11, 2013 Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) The report was commissioned to probe whether Universal Credit, which combines six different benefits and tax credits into one...
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Launch of The Big Tea in aid of Independent Age
Big Tea week 1 – 7 October 2013 If you want to make a difference to the lives of older vulnerable people, sign up now to get involved with this year’s Big Tea. You can hold a tea at home, at your...
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Millions of elderly ‘to lose vital care in funding shake-up’
Older patients too frail to get out of bed may not receive home help Millions of elderly people could be denied home help, Age UK warns More pensioners may have to rely on ‘flying’ 15-minute home...
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Widow left to rely on food banks after benefit bosses cut payments
Debbie Hopley’s husband, John, was just 49, when he died from cancer last month Deborah Hopley from Kirkby holding a picture of her late husband John Hopley. Photo by Colin Lane A widow said she was...
View ArticleRising prices ‘hit poor the hardest’
by James Reed, Political Correspondent Published on the 05 November 2014 02:00 A new report suggests thousands more people are living in absolute poverty than recorded by official figures. Research by...
View ArticleLife on a low income in the UK today
Part of Solve UK poverty Making ends meet when you have very little is extremely hard work. More than one in three families in the UK today – over two million families – have an inadequate income. A...
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