Barnardo’s research reveals a dramatic increase in child poverty
More than one in four parents of children aged 18 or under in Scotland have struggled to provide sufficient food for their children in the past 12 months due to…
More than one in four parents of children aged 18 or under in Scotland have struggled to provide sufficient food for their children in the past 12 months due to…
The UK government has recently made the contentious decision to cut winter fuel payments for a significant portion of older people. This move has sparked widespread criticism and concern, particularly…
Tax Justice Network has documented that just 0.01% of super rich households relocated after Norway, Sweden, and Denmark introduced increased wealth tax reforms. The evidence challenges corporate media claims that…
As families across the UK gear up for the upcoming school year, the financial strain of purchasing branded school uniforms looms large for many parents. School uniform: yearly stress With…
Nottingham University hospitals NHS Trust’s maternity wards are currently under review. Specifically, an inquiry revealed that almost nothing has been done to combat racial bias between patients. This came over…
Keir Starmer has suspended seven of his own Labour Party MPs for rebelling over the two-child benefit cap. John McDonnell, Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Imran Hussain, Apsana Begum,…
A new benchmark – like the Living Wage Employer standard – is needed to enable businesses to tackle the scale and depth of in-work poverty, think tank the Social Market…
Content warning: this article contains descriptions of physical and emotional abuse that some readers may find upsetting. With the police’s announcement that there is a “national emergency” over a rise…
On Tuesday 23 July, campaigners, politicians, and trade unions gathered at parliament to call on the new Labour Party government to provide #FreeSchoolMealsForAll. You’d think, given the evidence, that giving…
The king’s speech on Wednesday 17 July was nothing if a direct play to the Labour Party’s now-target audience: the middle classes and middle England. Because within the 39 bills,…
The king’s speech from Charlie outlined the Labour Party’s first programme for government in 15 years. Wearing the diamond-studded Imperial State Crown, his Admiral of the Fleet uniform and the…
On 15 July, news emerged from Glasgow that 3,000 children are currently homeless. While this is a particularly harrowing statistic for Scotland’s largest city, this homelessness crisis is not confined…