child poverty UK

Cost-of-Living Crisis Puts Christmas Traditions at Risk for Millions of Families

Cost-of-Living Crisis Puts Christmas Traditions at Risk for Millions of Families

Christmas traditions are under threat for six in ten parents as rising living costs continue to squeeze household budgets, according to new research from Nationwide. The building society’s survey of more than 1,000 parents, conducted in partnership with Action for Children, highlights the widening gap in Christmas spending between low- and high-income households. Parents are […]

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‘A system built on debt’: Families plead for reform as universal credit loans drive child poverty

‘A system built on debt’: Families plead for reform as universal credit loans drive child poverty

More than 500,000 children are living in families in debt to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), according to new figures that expose the depth of Britain’s benefits loan crisis. Data obtained by Citizens Advice under freedom of information laws shows that at least 800,000 households on universal credit are having money deducted from

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