The government’s expert adviser on social security has said the next phase in the rollout of universal credit could push thousands of claimants into hardship or even out of the benefits system altogether.
Although the UK is the seventh richest country in the world, it is also deeply unequal, and millions of families are living below the breadline, Demand for emergency food aid has risen astronomically in the past few years.
Christian charity Church Action on Poverty has encouraged local communities and churches to start food pantries as a long-term solution to tackling food poverty in their area.
Refugees are ending up homeless within days of being granted asylum, claims a new report. Research by No Accommodation Network (NACCOM) suggests that more than one in four homeless people are refugees.
Witnessing children in the UK visiting a food bank is truly shocking, but research tells us it is not uncommon. In the last six months (2017) The Trussell Trust gave out over half a million food parcels, more than 200,000 were given to children.
Fruit and vegetable farms across the UK were left short of thousands of migrant workers in 2017, leaving some produce to rot in the fields. More than 4,300 vacancies went unfilled, according to data from the National Farmers Union (NFU).
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