Browsing: poverty

Simon ThakeBBC News, Yorkshire, SheffieldSimon ThakeUpper Don Community Energy has helped residents like Helen Lowe living in fuel povertyA community group is helping struggling households overcome…

BBCDavid Hilferty from Citizens Advice Scotland said the average energy debt has doubled in the past five yearsFuel poverty is a year-round problem which affects people…

Walking down their local high streets, people in Britain are increasingly unlikely to come across a local butcher, baker or grocery shop, and more likely to…

Former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown has repeated his call for higher taxes on gambling to lift half a million children out of poverty.He has backed…

Britain risks a “tsunami of pensioner poverty” over the coming decades unless the system of saving for retirement is overhauled, according to Liz Kendall.At the launch…