The UK economy could gain nearly £47.7 billion a year if unpaid carers were better supported to enter or remain in paid work, according to a major new study that exposes the economic price of locking carers out of the workforce. The research, titled “The Hidden Cost of Unpaid Care: The Economic Price of Locking […]
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UK charities have warned that increasingly hostile rhetoric on immigration and race is fuelling a surge in threats, intimidation, and violence against their staff and beneficiaries. Voluntary organisations say they are being forced to install security measures such as safe rooms, tracking devices and surveillance systems to protect workers and property, a trend some fear
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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
