UK poverty: the facts, figures and effects in the cost of living crisis
Jan 23, 2024 · Many more are being pushed below the breadline as the cost of living crisis hits low-income households the hardest. Around 14.4 million people were living in poverty in the UK in 2021/2022, according to the government’s official statistics. That is around one in five people. A total of 4.2 million children were affected.
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These are the charities that collect furniture from your home to …
Aug 29, 2023 · The British Heart Foundation (BHF) – one of the main charities that collect furniture – saves 71,000 tonnes of items going to waste a year, including 180,000 sofas. By avoiding the landfills BHF estimates that they have been able to save 135,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions being released into the atmosphere.
What will the world look like in 2050? - The Big Issue
Oct 30, 2021 · The agreements made – or not made – at COP26 will determine the future of the planet and all its inhabitants for decades to come. For some the target of net zero emissions by 2050 is achievable. For others impractical. If the world can successfully curb its emissions, the planet will stay within the 1.5C of warming agreed at the 2015 Paris ...
KSI: 'I just had a dream, self-belief and a huge work ethic'
Jan 23, 2023 · KSI – or more precisely JJ Olatunji – at home. Image: Prime Video. A new documentary, KSI: In Real Life, gives an intimate perspective on a young man reconciling his own identity, balancing fame and family, re-evaluating his past and future. Like any film about someone with great power, and the responsibility that comes with it, there’s the origin story too.
Fact/Fiction: Did Nasa really discover that pineapple plants can aid ...
Jan 29, 2020 · They’re behind so many scientific achievements: putting a man on the moon, pioneering the space shuttle and, erm, discovering that pineapple plants can stop people snoring. The last one sticks out a bit but that hasn’t stopped it occasionally cropping up on the news agenda over the years. Last week The Sun and The Mirror, as well as a host ...
What you need to know about UK inequality - The Big Issue
Jun 21, 2022 · The gap between rich and poor in the UK is among the worst in Europe. The Big Issue outlines the facts and figures of UK inequality. The wealthiest 100 people in the UK have as much money as the poorest 18 million people. Image: "1 million using Foodbanks" by Walt Jabsco. Inequality in the UK is among the worst in the developed world, according ...
Food poverty in the UK: The causes, figures and solutions - The …
May 2, 2023 · According to the latest government statistics, 4.2 million people (6 per cent) were living in food poverty in 2020 to 2021. It includes nearly one in 10 children, around 9 per cent. With the cost of living crisis, the situation is only getting worse. A total of 9.3 million adults experienced food insecurity in January 2023, the Food Foundation ...
Labour's manifesto pledges on benefits and disabilities, analysed
Jun 13, 2024 · Labour will introduce the “full right to equal pay for disabled people”. The disability pay gap is currently around 14.6%. “Building on gender pay gap reporting, we will introduce disability and ethnicity pay gap reporting for large employers,” the manifesto reads. White described this policy as one of the few “surprises” in the ...
What will the Labour government mean for benefit claimants?
Jul 5, 2024 · Labour will not scrap the two-child limit on benefits, despite the Tory policy being described as “one of the cruellest welfare policies of the past decade”. Keir Starmer did promise to scrap the two-child limit in his bid for leader but has since changed his mind. Labour’s manifesto included the promise of an “ambitious strategy to ...