Search Results for “Pay and conditions” tagged poverty

“A career helping and caring for others was never going to make millionaires of NHS, school and council staff, but none […]

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

“Those providing care, looking after our health, keeping us safe and providing education shouldn’t need to worry about simply making ends meet for their families […]

The new rates are due to be announced next week. They are currently £9.75 an hour in London and £8.45 in the rest of the UK. Wales and Scotland already pay living wage rates, leaving those in […]

And that’s just the financial cost that can be estimated. Across all government departments, we are […]

Writer and veteran campaigner Harry Leslie Smith looks to the past and shares his hopes – and fears – for the future

The policy, which came into force earlier this year, means that families who have a third child born on or […]

Directed by Ken Loach in a strikingly raw and authentic ‘drama documentary’ style, it followed a young couple in the Midlands as they slid […]

“I just broke down in tears,” she says, the hurt and bafflement of that day still etched on her face. “I thought, has it come to this? Why am I here? […]

“A lady came to the food bank and asked me if we were going to be open just before Christmas. When I said no, she said, ‘Oh well […]

And she, like others, stressed the need for progressive taxation. Ewan Davey from Cymru-Wales […]

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