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August 26, 2020

Resumption of bailiff visits in England and Wales 'rushed and premature'

StepChange says the return of bailiff activity puts people at risk and will make debts harder to repay.
May 10, 2020

Call for most vulnerable workers to have a right to be furloughed

Citizens Advice is calling for the most vulnerable workers to have a right to be furloughed if their work would require them to breach public health advice.
September 11, 2019

Financial institutions complicit in impact of austerity measures on human rights, says UN expert

It is essential to keep in mind that austerity impacts different social groups in very different ways, especially the most vulnerable and marginalised, says Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky.
July 12, 2019

Time to end the subprime credit card debt trap, charity says

Subprime credit cards tend to be targeted at people with low incomes, who are unemployed, or who have an impaired or thin credit file.
June 2, 2019

Citizens Advice responds to Commission for Customers in Vulnerable Circumstances report

Citizens Advice says the regulator should set clear targets for suppliers to end self-disconnection by pre-payment meter customers.
January 15, 2019

Inquest opens into death at controversial Woodhill prison

Ryan Harvey's death was the eighth in a series of eighteen self-inflicted deaths at HMP Woodhill over a three year period.
December 11, 2018

Better help for vulnerable children must extend beyond school, says Children's Society

Too often the help young people get falls away when they turn 18 - even though their difficulties do not.
November 29, 2018

Coroner seeks further evidence from Home Office on immigration detention suicide

Coroner has asked for more evidence from Home Office on the management of vulnerable detainees, for a possible public report by the coroner to prevent future deaths.
November 23, 2018

New project to boost rural productivity and smallholder farmer incomes in Burkina Faso

A new project targeting 57,000 of Burkina Faso’s most vulnerable smallholder farmer households is to be be launched in Ouagadougou, and will help toward improving food security and incomes in the Boucle du Mouhoun, Cascades and Hauts Bassins Regions.
November 5, 2018

Minister refuses request to share new rules on Universal Credit managed migration

Committee Chair says MPs may have no option but to vote against new Universal Credit regulations.