Austerity News

See who’s saying what on Austerity and how different sections of the Press approach the same story.

‘I can’t get enough people to pick my daffodils’: Cornish farmer fears his crop will rot in the field because Brexit and a poor exchange rate has scared away eastern Europeans workers

Windrush victims will finally receive compensation – but payouts will be ‘surprisingly low’, campaigners warn

Pupils crammed into ‘supersized’ primary schools as Tories put finances first

Number of children in absolute poverty across UK hits 3.7 million after increases of 200,000 in a year

Poverty increases among children and pensioners across UK

Four million children are still living in poverty in Britain after household wages ‘ground to a complete halt’ over the last year, government figures show

Life expectancy of girls living in England’s poorest areas falls by almost 100 days in five years 

Life expectancy gap widens between rich and poor women

‘Desperate’ food poverty rises by 15% in Scotland, shows data

Homeless people kicked out of underpasses next to parliament ‘so MPs can get to work’

Schools funding shortfall of £5.4bn ‘worse than estimated’

Desperate parents forced to turn to ‘baby banks’ as benefits chaos fuels demand

Child Poverty. UK-wide austerity blamed as predictions put figure at 29% – rather than 18% – in 2023

Government spending on ‘lifeline’ children’s Sure Start centres slashed by nearly £157m in four years

Over half of Universal Credit claimants have money deducted from payments, new figures show

Austerity measures may have undermined cuts in child mortality rates achieved under Labour, study suggests

MPs to launch inquiry into ‘survival sex’ by benefit claimants

Children arrive at school with holes in shoes and feel they have to work to get food, headteachers warn

Half of headteachers claim to have done laundry for pupils

‘Half of senior schools forced to wash poor pupils’ clothing’ according to a study which says benefit changes are causing a surge in poverty

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