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<strong>Editorial:</strong> With one in 20 people unable to afford food or other basics, charities are right to declare an emergency

Interview with Pamela Walker, author of Making a Difference, Setting up Sustainable Community-Based Projects

<strong>Editorial:</strong> Food insecurity has been normalised over a decade during which the incomes of the poorest households have been held down

The good old days? A lecture on YouTube proves to be a timely reminder that poverty in the UK is regressing to the Victorian era. Dan Carrier reports

The good old days? A lecture on YouTube proves to be a timely reminder that poverty in the UK is regressing to the Victorian era. Dan Carrier reports

they will provide funding to feed children in Britain. How did we get to this point? This year has been unprecedented on many levels, with massive job losses due to the pandemic and people losing family members. Even with furlough, household income has often not been what it was prior to the pandemic. One of the issues for those working families on the lowest income is that a cut of 20% to their income (the Government furlough scheme pays 80% of wages) can be a massive financial hit. This has ...