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Holding down pay will worsen a bad situation

Local government delegates agree it’s essential to get rid of the Conservative government in order to save our services

“A career helping and caring for others was never going to make millionaires of NHS, school and council staff, but […]

UNISON says the policy is pushing families into poverty

Poverty pay should have no place in the NHS.

The rise of food banks are the most visible face of the poverty crisis affecting the UK in 2017 – they’re the country’s new emergency service. We spent a few days at one to find out more

As Britain succumbs to a poverty crisis, food banks are calling on people’s support to help those less fortunate, including children, who are facing hunger

As Britain succumbs to a poverty crisis, food banks are calling on people’s support to help those less fortunate, including children, who are facing hunger

Director Ken Loach talks about his acclaimed new film, which deals with the ‘conscious cruelty’ of the benefits system, leading people towards food banks and homelessness

Whether they are working to support children and families, or facing low pay themselves, UNISON members know the human cost of poverty

National delegate conference gets underway with discussion on how to tackle the poverty affecting millions across the UK

Yet he also found himself bemused by a stream of shoppers scurrying in and out of a shopping arcade, barely paying attention to the protest, as though the problems facing the […]