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Mexico’s Pacific coast was battered by 165mph winds and torrential rain on 25 October. Thousands lost their homes and many now have too little food or water to surviveIn the small hours of Wednesday 25 October, Josefina Maldonado, a grandmother of two …
Home secretary criticised for tweets vowing to restrict use of tents by homeless people, ‘many of them from abroad’The home secretary, Suella Braverman, has described rough sleeping as a “lifestyle choice” while defending her decision to restrict the u…
Cross-party group writes to chancellor saying councils face bankruptcy over temporary housing billsCouncil leaders have urged Jeremy Hunt to intervene to prevent the collapse of local homelessness services because of the soaring costs of providing emer…
As food and heating costs rise with children at home, compromises range from washing less to cancelling holidaysDelaying heating the house, showering every two or three days, weighing up selling cherished items, cancelling holidays – these are some of …
Report by all-party parliamentary group says policies must be guided by local needs, not a ‘national template’England’s most “left behind” neighbourhoods will remain places where “human flourishing is limited and potential squandered” without changes i…
Severe material hardship no longer a rarity, as study reveals impact of benefit cuts and cost of living crisisMore than 1 million children experienced destitution last year – meaning their families could not afford to adequately feed, clothe or clean t…
‘Surburbanisation of poverty’ is changing social fabric of cities and widening gap between rich and poorThe social fabric of the UK’s biggest cities is being transformed by sky-high rents and cuts to housing benefits as thousands of low-income private …
Almost 350,000 additional households experienced food insecurity in the past year, according to latest Foodbank surveyGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastSome 3.7 million households across Australia have experienced…
Andrew Cooper defends sharing of Facebook post condemning people who cannot feed their children and pay for phone contractA Conservative byelection candidate has defended sharing a Facebook post telling jobless parents who cannot feed their children to…
National Energy Action says about 800,000 bill payers missed out on £150 rebate last year after government made changes to schemeHundreds of thousands of struggling households in Great Britain risk missing out on government help to pay their energy bil…