Child poverty has reached a record high in the United Kingdom as the country’s cost of living soars and its social security safety net falters following years of government austerity.

Every day is some version of this climb: child care, rent, groceries, the quiet math of survival. She earns 45,000 pounds ...

The most disadvantaged people in the United Kingdom are no better-off than they were 15 years ago, according to a new report, which finds a “yawning gap between those who can get by and those stuck at ...

London (CNN) — The most disadvantaged people in the United Kingdom are no better-off than they were 15 years ago, according to a new report, which finds a “yawning gap between those who can get by and ...

Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic are difficult to access without cash, but is the answer to really to roll these out on the NHS?

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Lee Anderson claimed that there is no poverty in Britain as he spoke at a fringe event at the Conservative party conference on Tuesday, 3 October. The deputy Tory party chairman, once nicknamed “30p ...