Grenfell, Infected Blood and Covid campaigners unite in call for change
The annual memorial walk in the shadow of Grenfell Tower will take place on Friday evening, seven years on from the fire.
Tories vow to end rough sleeping and no-fault evictions… again
The so-called 'kitchen sink manifesto' is just a re-hash of unfulfilled promises from 2019, apparently...
‘At least one in four children in poverty in two-thirds of constituencies’
Child poverty rates strongly correlated with the percentage of children affected by the two-child limit in that local area, researchers said.
Campaigners call for dedicated Secretary of State for Women and Girls
The major political party leaders have been sent an open letter saying that too often women experiencing disadvantage and misogyny are stigmatised.
More than 3 million food bank parcels given out across UK in record-high year
The Trussell Trust has called on political leaders to set out how they will build a future where no one needs a food bank to survive.
‘Smells’ cut from Bill but charity fears homeless will still be criminalised
Campaigners feared the Criminal Justice Bill had been drafted so widely it could result in rough sleepers being arrested or fined for smelling bad.
PM’s welfare reforms dubbed a ‘full-on assault on disabled people’
Disability equality charity Scope said Sunak's “dangerous” plans risk leaving disabled people “destitute”.
Changes to visa rules ‘destroy notion of UK as place for families’, campaigners say
The minimum income for family visas rose to £29,000 on Thursday and will rise further to £38,700 by early 2025.
Record number of children in poverty branded ‘an outrage’
The latest figure is the highest since comparable records for the UK began in 2002/03.