Numbers of children living in poverty continued to rise in the first years of the Labour Government and it was not until 1999 that they began to fall, from a peak of 4.5 million, they said.

The new British Labour government won’t be able to seriously reduce poverty without also focusing on taming concentrated wealth.

Newly published data show that 5.2 million children in the United Kingdom – 36 percent of all children in the country – live ...

MPs have launched an investigation into the financial support provided by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), ...

Up to 100,000 pensioners will be pushed into poverty by the decision to end universal winter fuel payments, the Government ...

A new report, ‘Towards an end to fuel poverty in Britain’ launched today and presented at The House of Commons by the British ...

The UK government’s decision to cut winter fuel payments will push up to 100,000 additional pensioners into poverty a year, a Whitehall impact assessment has shown.

A new report will be presented to policymakers at the House of Commons calling for coordinated efforts to eliminate fuel ...

The British Social Attitudes Survey shows 73% of people believe there is “quite a lot” of real poverty in Britain, the highest recorded level in almost four decades of asking the same question.

To register your interest please contact [email protected] providing details of the course you are teaching. Poverty and Prostitution is a study of 1,400 prostitutes and brothel-keepers ...

British Red Cross research found that finding work and somewhere to live, and applying for benefits, often takes much longer than 28 days. In some cases it can take up to three months. Refugees and ...