My The Guardian story: UK’s poorest households face another winter of hardship, charities warn, as The Trussell Trust research shows two-thirds of working families on universal credit are struggling to afford food and energy theguardian.com/society/articl…

Our Sabine Goodwin on the latest 6-month extension of the Department for Work and Pensions #HouseholdSupportFund for Big Issue "positive steps...will hopefully turn into giant strides by the time the next Household Support Fund comes to an end in six short months" #CashFirst bigissue.com/opinion/dwp-ho…

"As the Trussell Trust argues, citizens failed so colossally by welfare policies cannot afford to wait for Labour’s long-term economic plan to deliver growth, before their predicament is addressed." The Trussell Trust The Guardian #CashFirst theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

“This week’s belated announcement of yet another temporary extension to the household support fund was very welcome,” writes Sabine Goodwin. ✍️ “But this must be the last time a poorly designed ‘sticking plaster’ response can be viewed positively.” ⬇️ bigissue.com/opinion/dwp-ho…

"What of the people who can’t access support because they can’t meet sometimes unfathomable local authority eligibility criteria, or who find local authority application systems impenetrable, or feel too ashamed to seek out help?" Birmingham Live birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-l…

"And what will happen in a few short months when, yet again, this funding pot reaches its expiration date?...The HSF’s extension will be short-lived, and no time can be wasted in the coming months." Sabine Goodwin

"What of the pensioners who are facing the removal of the winter fuel payment because they haven’t claimed pension credit or don’t know they are eligible or who aren’t quite poor enough for this benefit’s threshold?" #CashFirst @bigissue bigissue.com/opinion/dwp-ho…

"Despite extra benefits, nearly 2.2m pensioners live in poverty. Last winter, despite the universal WFP nearly 5,000 pensioners died from cold weather. Each year, around 68,000 senior citizens die in poverty." Prem Sikka on today's vote Left Foot Forward leftfootforward.org/2024/09/the-la…

Since 2008, the Minimum Income Standard has set the benchmark for living standards in the UK, defining the income needed for this standard. But what does the public think different households need to have a decent standard of living and how much do they need to earn?🔽

(1/5) Today, the Government won the vote to continue plans to cut the Winter Fuel Payment. There's been a lot of discussion about the Government's decision, but at heart Age UK's critique of their policy is really simple:

Our Charlotte White writes on the food bank paradox and how to balance objectives... "The harder we worked and the busier we got, the more it felt like we were enabling the normalisation of food banks as a solution to poverty." #CashFirst foodaidnetwork.org.uk/post/the-food-…

🧵With party conferences & the budget approaching, many of us will be continuing to call for an end to the two-child limit. Alongside this call, more needs to be done to understand differences in support to children within the UK - a focus of 🔥 our new research 🔥

Following an election, the Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee is Debbie Abrahams

My The Guardian story: More than a million unpaid carers in the UK who look after disabled, frail or ill relatives are living in poverty, new research shows, as pressure mounts on ministers to overhaul carer benefits theguardian.com/society/2024/s…

1.2 million unpaid carers across the UK are living in poverty. Our report out today shows that poverty levels among unpaid carers are shockingly high, with 1 in 10 in deep poverty. #EndCarerPoverty Read our report here: go.carersuk.org/carerspovertyr…

⏲️Few days left to book on our free online 'Money Counts' training with IFAN and Cornwall's @Citizensadvice. If you would like to feel more confident as a staff member or as a volunteer when talking to people about their money worries, that's for you! rb.gy/um4q17

New vlog👇We won’t improve the nation’s health until we face up to the crisis of hunger & hardship that’s taken hold across the country. Reforming Universal Credit is vital to better health & boosting the economy. The Trussell Trust

My The Guardian story: Black and minority ethnic universal credit claimants disproportionately likely to be hit with benefit sanctions, new official statistics published for the first time shows theguardian.com/society/2024/s…

🚨Our new joint report with Women's Aid and Child Poverty Action Group is out today. The government must scrap the household benefit cap to prevent survivors of #DomesticAbuse and other families from being trapped #homeless in temporary accommodation. theguardian.com/society/2024/s… Read more in our 🧵👇