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Half a million children ‘face holiday #hunger’ if £1bn crisis fund is ditched

Exclusive: Charities say ending #HouseholdSupportFund in #England will increase hardship for struggling families

Analysis: How England came to rely on ‘sticking plaster’ fund
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/20/half-a-million-children-to-go-hungry-if-1bn-crisis-fund-is-ditched
#ToryLegacy

Surge in pensioners needing emergency food provisions as food banks help record number of people | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pensioners-debt-benefits-food-bank-poverty-b2544804.html

#Poverty
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#EssentialsGuarrentee
#UniversalCredit
#Families
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#Brown
#ChildPoverty
#JosephRowntreeFoundation
#DWP
#NationalLivingWage
#BackToWorkPlan

Thousands of Lancashire residents 'unable to afford food' as cost of living crisis bites
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/thousands-of-lancashire-residents-unable-to-afford-food-as-cost-of-living-crisis-bites/ar-BB1lGkol?ei=16

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DWP to target Universal Credit claimants with strict new rules on finding a job - Birmingham Live
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/dwp-target-universal-credit-claimants-28777798

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#UK #HouseholdSupportFund closure catastrophic, warns charity
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68424070
#CostOfLivingCrisis

The Guardian view on food poverty: charities can’t take the state’s place
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/the-guardian-view-on-food-poverty-charities-can-t-take-the-state-s-place/ar-BB1iZtZj?cvid=313d36fe29ab43d9903270029290fb16&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=8

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#TrussellTrust
#Housing
#Nutrition

Citizens Advice Bureau worker on ‘horrific’ reality of cost of living crisis | openDemocracy
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/citizens-advice-bureau-cost-of-living-crisis/

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#EnergyBills
#FuelVouchers

Help failing to keep pace with families facing ‘bed poverty’, says Barnardo’s | Poverty | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/06/help-failing-to-keep-pace-with-families-facing-bed-poverty-says-barnados

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#LocalGovernmentAssociation
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The Household Support Fund, which provides emergency support to help families struggling with food and energy bills, will end in March unless the Government acts. The cost-of-living crisis hasn't ended, and neither should the HSF. https://party.coop/savethehsf

#householdsupportfund #coopparty #cooperative #costofliving #ukpolitics