Analysis suggests mothers are falling into debt to cover the cost of childcare, with one in 10 who responded to a survey on the website workingmums.co.uk saying they are in £20,000 or more worth of debt.
Category Archives: Poverty
Members Voice: Only organised workers can fight back against child hunger!
In this instalment of Members Voice, Birmingham WPB activist Jess Williams gives an impassioned call to action. British workers need socialism now – not just for ourselves, but for the sake of our children and all future generations. We cannot expect the Tories nor the Labour party to ever get us out of this messContinue reading “Members Voice: Only organised workers can fight back against child hunger!”
New study says poverty sending thousands more children into care
Rising poverty is putting thousands more British children into care in England, according to a study published in the Lancet Public Health. The report states that there has been a steep rise in the rate of children in state care in England, from a low of 53 per 10,000 children in 2008 (at the timeContinue reading “New study says poverty sending thousands more children into care”
Billionaire bonanza
More than 260 million people could be plunged into extreme poverty this year because of skyrocketing inflation while hundreds have become billionaires whose cumulative wealth rose 30 percent, according to Oxfam International. In a report published on Monday, the first day of the World Economic Forum summit in Davos, Switzerland, the Oxfam report was pickedContinue reading “Billionaire bonanza”
Those in work struggling to buy food
A Telford based charity featured in a BBC piece this week that highlighted the increasing level of “in work poverty”. As prices rise and wages stagnate, many are unable to afford the basics for themselves and their families.