Households are living on less than their assessed need due to deductions for an advance to cover the five week wait, finds Child Poverty Action Group.
A new report shows low-income families with children are even worse off now than they were in the summer, almost nine in 10 families reporting a significant deterioration in their living standards because of the pandemic
The government recently increased the UK’s defence budget substantially, citing the duty of a government to protect its people.
The government is taking money from the benefit payments of almost half of households using food banks, the Trussell Trust has found.
Families on Universal Credit have been pushed into debt and hardship by upfront childcare costs.
A negative budget is where a debt adviser assesses that a person's income cannot meet their essential living costs.
The government has announced changes to make the most intimidating debt letters more supportive and less threatening.
Churches call for the Government to cancel unavoidable debt accrued by the poorest households during the lockdown period.
A poorly designed algorithm is causing people to go hungry, fall into debt, and experience psychological distress, says Human Rights Watch.
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