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Food banks will need to support more than 600,000 people during the “worst winter yet”. We must tackle poverty at the source.

The UK has seen a “shameful increase” in destitution, though Scotland has had “by far the lowest” rise in the numbers suffering from this, a…

More than 1 million children are living in "horrifying levels of destitution", with many struggling to get food and stay warm. Let us know what you think should be done in our poll

A million children experienced destitution in the UK in 2022, the most severe form of hardship, according to a major new report into poverty.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said the number of children in extreme poverty has almost tripled to more than one million with many struggling to get the food they need

Four families have told how they are struggling to put food on the table during the cost of living crisis as a YouGov survey shows that almost 30% of Brits are now being forced to skip meals

“People don’t think either political party is taking hardship seriously enough and didn’t see a plan to tackle it.”

Half a million people are in "very deep poverty" in Scotland with statistics showing women and ethnic minorities are disproportionately at…

The government should renew funding for the Household Support Fund and end the two-child benefits cap to reduce the number of families unable to afford suitable beds for their children, Barnardo’s has said.

A child plays outside the gates of a hotel used as temporary accommodation for families waiting for their asylum claims to be processed, in west London, February 16, 2021 © 2021 Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images Map UK CRD Map Summary The United Kingdom has historically provided housing support to people seeking asylum who arrive in the country and are not immediately able to provide for their own basic needs. In recent years this system has increasingly been plagued by serious deficiencies, i...