The Policy Ask with Matt Downie: “Ending homelessness through a housing-first model is a transformative idea”
The CEO of Crisis on rogue landlords, the inhumanity of the “hostile environment” mantra and Finland’s housing-first policy.
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New guidelines on enforced prepayment meters fail to protect the most vulnerable
It’s disgusting that the government is allowing companies to continue this unscrupulous practice.
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Disability benefit delays are causing cancer patients’ health to worsen
People are waiting an average of 14 weeks to find out if they will get welfare payments, Macmillan research reveals.
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The politics of free time
Exclusive to the New Statesman, a new 40-year analysis of time use diaries reveals why Britons feel burnt out.
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Ending rough sleeping in England is an ambition undermined by policy failures
New data shows that homelessness is rising for the first time in years.
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Ireland’s “storm chasers” show how renewables can tackle fuel poverty
As energy prices soar, so does the case for the green transition.
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America’s oldest shame is violence, not racism
Ideology alone does not explain police killings in the United States.
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“It’s a system failure”: Tory “warm bank” constituents signal election warning
Disgruntled “warm bank” users in Conservative seats are a predictor of the party’s electoral wipeout.
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Does your salary mean you’re rich? What makes you upper, middle or working class? We asked the British public
In exclusive polling for the New Statesman by Redfield & Wilton Strategies, voters tell us what they think are high…
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“It’s constant anxiety”: inside the crisis in child social care
The murders of Star Hobson and Arthur Labinjo-Hughes revealed shocking shortcomings in the UK’s social care system. What is being…
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Gordon Brown: Why it’s time to take the shame out of need
As the cost-of-living crisis pushes more and more people into poverty, charities have become the last line of defence.
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Michael Marmot: “Stress associated with poverty will damage children”
The health inequalities expert on how rising prices are making us ill.
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Britain braces itself for the devastation of austerity 2.0
Britons on low incomes dread the Liz Truss government’s “reverse Robin Hood” plan, which prioritises bankers over benefit claimants.
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The cost-of-living crisis is pushing disabled people into poverty
Benefits are not keeping up with rising bills.
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The Policy Ask with Manny Hothi: “The world is waking up to the futility of the war on drugs”
The CEO of Trust for London on Grenfell Tower, leadership and working for Londoners.
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Two thirds of UK families to enter fuel poverty by January
If annual bills rise to £4,200, 66 per cent of families will be considered fuel-poor.
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Introduce social energy tariffs to protect the poorest households
As the energy price cap continues to rise, vulnerable people urgently need discounted deals to avoid fuel poverty.
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Food waste is a cost-of-living problem as well as a climate problem
As people struggle to afford to eat, two million tonnes of food fit for consumption is ending up in landfill…
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Our entire nation is gripped by poverty – here’s how to tackle it
Child poverty rates in the north-east have overtaken London, but the crisis is country-wide, writes the North of Tyne mayor.
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Half of struggling families have no spending money after monthly bills
Amid the rising cost of living, 49 per cent of families in financial hardship have nothing left after housing costs…
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