On 24 March, UK allotment holders woke to a different world. Lockdown added new challenges but also new rewards. Many found new solace, sanctuary and community spirit over the course of the summer.
An extra £85m has been announced by the Treasury to provide emergency accommodation for 5,400 rough sleepers who have been placed in hotels in England for the duration of the pandemic.
Three major anti-poverty charities are calling on the government to increase child benefits amid growing evidence that the coronavirus shutdown is disproportionately affecting poorer families.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is sitting on its own ‘secret‘ investigation into foodbank use. It should have released it in October 2019. Now, an SNP MP has put the issue back on parliament’s agenda.
The British Liver Trust welcomes plans for a new opt-out system for organ donation in England. The plans, expected to come into effect in spring 2020, will mean consent for organ donation is presumed unless a person has opted-out.
The number of homeless children has hit a 13-year high in what Labour brand the “national shame” of a decade of Tory rule. Some 127,370 children were stuck in temporary accommodation between April and June – the most since spring 2006.
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