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'Crumbs of comfort': Charities say Budget fails struggling households

CHARITIES have called out the UK Budget for failing to go far enough to support households facing rising living costs

The National (Scotland) · 9h ago

Andy Burnham warned: Slash funding for Tube upgrades and risk losing Labour MPs in London

Former Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is expected to channel billions more in public funding to the regions

Evening Standard · Jun 23

Scottish child payment increase ‘falls short’, says poverty action group

Tuesday’s Scottish Budget revealed the Scottish child payment will rise to £40 in 2027-28.

Evening Standard · Jan 13

Student visas: London bosses slam 'misguided' plan for Government levy on universities' international fees

They are also calling for more investment to tackle the capital’s housing crisis

Evening Standard · Jun 2, 2025

'It's a gamble': Economist gives verdict on UK Government benefit cuts

The UK Government is unlikely to see a boost in employment rates on the back of making cuts to disability benefits, an economic expert has said.

The National (Scotland) · Mar 30, 2025

Welfare reforms will be ‘devastating’ for disabled, Shirley-Anne Somerville says

The Scottish Social Justice Secretary spoke out after the UK Government set out a series of reforms to the welfare system.

Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2025

A raid and a secret tape exposed a Sicilian mafia that is shrunken, whiny and clinging on for survival

A historic number of arrests were made, but the days of targeted murder or massive political influence are long gone, says John Dickie, a professor at UCL

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2025

Keir Starmer's child poverty plan ‘not credible’ if two-child cap remains

KEIR Starmer’s plans to reduce child poverty “will not be credible” if he does not cooperate with the Scottish Government and scrap the…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 8, 2024

‘Exceptionally worrying’ health trends to continue under Labour’s austerity

GOVERNMENT austerity policies will risk continuing “exceptionally worrying and unprecedented” health trends, a poverty expert has warned ...

The National (Scotland) · Sep 22, 2024

UK newspaper coverage of the 1967 six-day Arab-Israeli war foresaw decades of conflict in Middle East

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, describes his country’s war against Hamas as Israel’s “second war of independence”. The first was fought in 1948, but the war that gave Israel control of Gaza took place 19 years later.

The Conversation · Oct 31, 2023