- People with mobility issues will be asked to work from home or lose benefits. Christine Espley is anxious how she could cope Christine Espley, a self-employed 61-year-old chef and caterer from Cirencester, has been unable to work since...
- The Conservatives’ levelling up programme has been a failure. But Labour should embrace the goal, if not the means Whatever happened to the “ Medici model ”? Two years ago, Michael Gove enthusiastically outlined his desire to embed the...
- Exclusive: Plan to offer free childcare when both parents work 16 hours a week risks excluding children most in need, study reveals Richer families in England are almost six times as likely to benefit from the government’s childcare...
- Why do so many people end up in unlicensed houses of multiple occupation? And what are the conditions like? Robert Booth reports “A few Saturdays ago, I had a meltdown,” Leah * tells Hannah Moore . “I woke up, the children had to get...
- Local authorities lack funding to track landlords who take advantage of desperate tenants priced out of the conventional rental market A small, nervous-looking woman in a leopard-skin print dressing gown opens the door to two council...
- Exclusive: Older people also likely to be in poor health and out of work in the north of England, report says Older people in the north of England die earlier, spend more years in poor health and are more likely to be out of work...
- The deepening cracks in the country’s social structure are a clear sign that voters cannot just be left to face the cold winds of the market on their own Jeremy Hunt will appeal to voters next week, if the leaks are true, on behalf of...
- Amlo’s pension program helped boost his approval rating, but critics point to his various shortcomings as his term nears its end Life isn’t easy for Teodila Faustino, who shares a cinder-block home with her husband, five children and...
- She is an artist, well educated and determined to earn a good living. But at times Atkinson has had just £17 a month for food and bills. She lays bare the reality of low-paid Britain In her 33 years on this Earth, Rose Atkinson has had...
- All 18,000 private rentals have a damp and mould problem – but some tenants fear being forced out if they complain Michelle Bromley is terrified she will be homeless by Christmas. For nine years she has lived in a smart Edwardian house...
- Manchester’s Museum of Austerity uses AR to depict real people with disabilities who fell through society’s safety net It is impossible to look away from the shimmering figures that emerge in what appears at first to be an empty room....
- Ministry of Justice figures show use of section 21 notices has jumped 38% in a year as promised ban stalls Private renters have faced a “shocking” surge in no-fault evictions since July with more landlords taking possession claims to...
- As home secretary rails against homeless people’s ‘lifestyle choice’, those on the streets say their tents are instead a lifeline This is the first time Nicky Hudson has lived on the streets, and she is not doing well. She has been...
- It used to be called a ‘tent city’, but we’ve rehoused 145 people in 18 months. Suella Braverman could learn from us Emily Darlington is cabinet member for housing on Milton Keynes council When the home secretary calls living in tents “a...
- Weary of the day-to-day slog of being home secretary, perhaps Suella would enjoy living in a tent Everything just felt wrong. All the joy had been sucked out of Suella Braverman’s life. The early mornings at home used to be a time when...
- The dance-theatre creator explains how she builds community through performance and how her new work, Lay Down Your Burdens, explores shame, trauma and anxiety Rhiannon Faith has built her own pub. Or her set builders have. Installed...
- Crisis, St Mungo’s and other groups write to home secretary to say blaming people for being on the streets increases their risk of harm Homelessness charities have criticised the home secretary after she described sleeping rough as a...
- With one in 20 people unable to afford food or other basics, charities are right to declare an emergency It is 11 years since the Guardian launched a Breadline Britain series intended to uncover the truth about the scale of hardship in...
- Exclusive: Special rapporteur Olivier De Schutter to urge ministers to increase welfare spending on visit to country this week Poverty levels in the UK are “simply not acceptable” and the government is violating international law, the...
- Exclusive: Centrepoint research shows a third are not assessed or cannot get through on helplines Enough young people sought help for homelessness in the UK last year to fill the Albert Hall 25 times, but tens of thousands are getting no...
- The poverty rate jumped, and soon the number of uninsured people will rise too. But there's a way we could avoid all of that.
- An annual report from the U.S. Census Bureau showed how much pandemic-era aid made a difference.
- People Are Sharing Telltale Signs That Someone Grew Up Poor
- State-level momentum for universal school lunches has grown in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The Southern Poverty Law Center said that the right-wing group is “making waves for intimidating and harassing teachers and school officials.”
- A proposal to provide direct cash payments to expectant mothers and newborns could shield children from the long-term effects of growing up poor.
- Over the past few decades, salaries and working conditions for airport employees have eroded. HuffPost Live's Zach Carter finds out what has caused this change, and what workers are doing to fight for a living wage.
- Cook County will send up to 3,250 eligible residents $500 a month in cash assistance for two years, becoming a leader in the movement for universal basic income.
- The same bill getting all the blame for inflation gets some credit for reducing material hardship last year.
- The American Rescue Plan lifted 4 million children out of poverty. This legislation didn’t simply make life a little easier for some Americans. It saved lives.
- Romney has given Democrats their best hope of resurrecting the enhanced child tax credit.
- Oxfam has released a report ahead of the 2019 World Economic Forum meeting in Davos highlighting how low taxes on the world’s wealthiest has led to inequality that is ‘out of control’. Taxes on the super rich are at the lowest level...
- My husband "tries not to let it get to him, and I can tell he’s working hard to keep up appearances in front of me and the few friends who still speak to us."
- Medical care remains too expensive for many Americans. Those living in poverty don’t have the luxury of missing work. Hear their stories of survival and perseverance.
- Leaked emails show Stephen Miller is as racist as you think he is and now democrats are calling for him to resign.
- New research adds to a growing pile of evidence the policy made life easier for parents.
- Basketball star LeBron James just opened up a public school in his hometown to help Akron’s at-risk youth grow academically and emotionally.
- New research suggests good policy — reducing child poverty — might also be good politics.
- Over 50 million workers in America are paid under $15 an hour, or some $31,200 per year, according to a new report.
- In December, the child tax credit lifted nearly 4 million children out of poverty. If it had been extended through 2022, it would have cut child poverty nearly in half.
- A new study shows child poverty increased 40% in January after the monthly payments lapsed because of congressional inaction.
- They urged Sen. Joe Manchin to back the credit, which he has refused to do.
- "Shopping trips were as much about stress and shame and scrutiny as they were about buying food."
- Family poverty has substantially declined thanks to the child tax credit.
- "I met people across the country, from Appalachia to Oakland, who worked multiple jobs, had multiple roommates, and still could not reliably pay all of their bills each month."
- "At first, my parents chalked up our neighbors' peering eyes and hushed whispers to curiosity. But we soon learned there was something else going on."
- President Donald Trump has continuously touted his plan to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act. He has yet to put forth any legitimate legislation to take its place, despite his repeated attacks to repeal “Obamacare.”
- “I think that raising children is work,” Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown said, defending Democrats' ambitious policy to combat child poverty.
- Incomes rose and poverty fell thanks in large part to stimulus payments Congress approved last year, while health insurance levels held steady.
- “Don't you think, if we're going to help the children, that the people should make some effort?” the West Virginia senator said on CNN.