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Busiest Christmas ever for foodbanks as Universal Credit roll-out comes to an end

More than 100,000 children in UK at risk of Christmas hardship

Life in austerity-hit Eastbourne as MP Amber Rudd dismisses UN report on poverty

Benefit cuts are behind robbery rise, police reveal

Poorest dying nearly 10 years younger than rich in ‘deeply worrying’ trend, study shows

Life expectancy falling for women in poorest areas of England

Life expectancy among women has stalled due to a ‘rise in obesity, physical inactivity and diabetes’ not austerity, report finds

Poor families could take in lodger to beat benefit cap – minister

Justin Tomlinson suggests taking in a LODGER may help families cope with benefit cap in ‘ignorant’ Tory gaffe

Thousands of UK workers denied toilet access, says Unite

‘A lost generation’: How austerity has created vacuum being filled by drug gangs exploiting children

Poverty exists. Shooting the UN messenger won’t erase that fact

Special Agent Heartbleed of the UN has exposed dire poverty — of brain cells

UK banks urged to justify ‘staggering’ level of branch closures

Two-thirds of Britain’s bank branches have closed over the past 30 years – as more towns join the growing list of places without a single one

Exclusive: universal credit linked to suicide risk, says study

‘I live in a tent under a canal bridge and have to fight off drug dealers and robbers every night – this is what it’s really like to be a homeless teenager in Britain’

Jobcentre chiefs withdraw ‘deceitful’ guidance for GPs to help people off benefits

Universal credit will cost more than system it replaces, study shows

Around 3 million people will still be worse off on universal credit, study warns

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