Insight ‘Low-income families having to pay thousands more for same goods and services’ Posted onJune 25, 2023 New research looked at the poorest third of families whose incomes are approximately £24,000 a year or less. 30741116
Insight Sadiq Khan pledges free meals during school holidays and weekends for low-income London pupils Posted onMarch 29, 2023 Sadiq Khan has pledged £3.5 million to provide support to families over the next 12 months 2671258
Insight Low-income households set to receive new cost-of-living payments from spring Posted onJanuary 3, 2023 Fresh £900 cash support for more than eight million eligible means-tested benefits claimants starts in spring 2023. 8227937
Insight Yale Law School pulls itself from ‘perverse’ university rankings over criteria for low-income students Posted onNovember 16, 2022 Top law school’s move marks one of highest profile criticisms of ranking system 9369640
Insight Low-income families to lose out ‘if benefits rise is not calculated by inflation’ Posted onOctober 18, 2022 A family with two kids earning less than £24,700 will lose out by more than £600 in 2023/24 if benefits are increased in line with … 14851056
Insight Government support fails to offset losses for low-income households, report says Posted onAugust 6, 2022 The report, commissioned by former prime minister Gordon Brown, found that the largest families would face the biggest losses. 3534974
Insight Low-income households in UK living in ‘year of financial fear’ says charity Posted onJune 29, 2022 More than 2m households already going without ‘heating or eating’ says Joseph Rowntree Foundation About 7 million struggling families in the UK are living through … 16431023
Insight UK’s low-income families to lose a fifth of their spare cash in 2022 Posted onMarch 29, 2022 Rising energy bills, food and transport costs are set to plunge many families into the red The UK’s poorest families will see the amount of … 1671369
Insight Millions of low-income families ‘missing out on annual broadband saving’ Posted onFebruary 15, 2022 New research from Ofcom has revealed only 1% of eligible households have taken up special discounted broadband packages. 9327187
Insight Ethnic minority and low-income communities exposed to higher levels of air pollution, US study finds Posted onJanuary 12, 2022 Lead author says study shows importance of targeted strategies to reduce pollution 3667548