Bank closures drive people to the Post Office to handle cash
The rise in local banking branches closing across the UK has increased the demand for access to cash deposit services at Post Offices, new...
Jeremy Corbyn speaks at Manchester launch of clothing poverty campaign
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn MP has spoken at the launch of a new campaign to expose clothing poverty during the current cost of...
Manchester skies filled with paper planes for call to end Rwanda refugee scheme
Manchester City of Sanctuary, People’s History Museum, RAS Voice, The Whitworth, and local school children joined forces and showed their opposition to the government’s...
Chancellor will leave low-income families out in the cold with tax-cutting agenda says Joseph...
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) is urging the Chancellor to go beyond tax cuts in Friday’s fiscal statement with more targeted support for households...
Further urgent action needed to avoid homelessness, as well as economic crisis
The cost of living crisis could have a ‘catastrophic’ impact on homelessness if the new Prime Minister and her Government do not treat it...
Councils warn that cost of living crisis could create perfect storm in social care
Councils have called on the new Prime Minister to deliver on her promise to provide more funding for adult social care, warning that the...
Online arts and culture engagement can have a positive impact on young people’s mental...
Engaging with arts and culture online can improve mental health in young people, according to a ground-breaking study from researchers at the University of Oxford.
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78% of workers paid below the real Living Wage – 3.7m workers nationally –...
Record high inflation combined with low wages is hitting Britain’s 4.8m low paid workers harder than anything they have faced before, including the Covid-19...
Manchester academics on how Liz Truss can deal with the Cost of Living crisis
As Liz Truss gets the keys to Downing Street, what do our experts think should be first on her to do list?
Dr Graeme Sherriff,...
TUC calls for universal free childcare as nursery bills “skyrocket” in North West
The TUC analysis shows that the cost of childcare for parents with children under two has increased by nearly £3,000 a year in England...