Household disposable income now worse than in 2019
While the Conservative Party is crowing about GDP and the fact the UK has technically come out of a recession, buried in the figures was some news they probably didn’t…
While the Conservative Party is crowing about GDP and the fact the UK has technically come out of a recession, buried in the figures was some news they probably didn’t…
All political parties are being asked to tackle poverty, with nearly 5,000 emails sent to candidates across the country ahead of the general election. That’s according to charity Christians Against…
Analysis by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) shows the Tories have presided over a 44% (+900,000) increase in the number of kids growing up in child poverty in working households…
New research shows how Britain’s primary schools and GP surgeries are staggering under the weight of hardship as they divert resources to respond to the needs of those struggling to…
With the general election just weeks away, Tynah Matembe – money expert, Edinburgh based entrepreneur, and founder of MoneyMatiX – has criticised the government’s track record on financial inclusion. She…
Boris Johnson’s flagship policy when he was Conservative Party prime minister has failed, according to new analysis. Everyone outside of London and the South East should know about it before…
Tesco has caused uproar after it announced its boss’s huge salary – which is around 447 times greater than it’s lowest-paid worker. It comes as the supermarket giant is also…
On Tuesday 7 May, European Union (EU) countries backed the bloc’s first law devoted to combatting violence against women and girls (VAWG). However, the text was a far-cry from enshrining…
Activists welcomed Thailand’s senate passing the first reading of a bill to legalise same-sex marriage on Tuesday 2 April, bringing the kingdom another step closer to becoming the first Southeast…
Households across all continents wasted over one billion meals a day in 2022, while 783 million people were affected by hunger and a third of humanity faced food insecurity. Food…
The boss of British Gas’s parent company Centrica, Chris O’Shea, was given over an 80% payrise in 2023 – despite customers struggling to pay their bills, controversy over it sending…
Britain’s housing stock offers the poorest value for money among advanced nations. That’s the verdict of a Resolution Foundation study published on Monday 25 March. It warns that the UK’s…