Living standards hit from Covid-19 crisis is ahead, rather than behind us says report
The coming year is set to mark the peak of the pandemic-induced living standards downturn for households, especially those on lower incomes, even as...
Will Covid kill the High Street
The Covid-19 pandemic has not only drastically changed how we live, but also how we work, and this could have long term consequences for...
Call on Government to bolster bereavement support in the workplace
National bereavement charity Sue Ryder and a coalition of MPs, charities, businesses, faith leaders and healthcare professionals are calling on the Government to introduce a minimum...
A damning indictment of our society that those with the least have suffered the...
A new flagship report finds that families in poverty start 2021 reeling from a triple financial blow
In today’s state of the nation report, the...
Extra costs of food, energy and remote learning piled financial pressure on low-income families...
The extra cost of food, energy, and entertaining, distracting and home-schooling children has meant that low-income families with children are twice as likely to...
One million COVID-19 Universal Credit claimants have deductions from benefits, study shows
Around one million people who claimed benefits during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic are having money regularly deducted from their payments.
Nearly two...
NHS Trusts trousered £90m in one year from staff car parking charges
Hard-up nurses, cleaners and midwifes forced to shell out up to £2.50 an hour just to park at work
NHS Trusts in England pocketed a whopping £90million...
FTSE 100 CEOs earnings for 2021 will surpass the median annual wage for a...
The High Pay Centre’s ‘High Pay Day’ research, published today , is evidence that the government must rebalance the economy after Covid-19 to make...
Call for bosses to offer furlough to working parents affected by school closures
The TUC is today calling on employers to offer furlough to all parents affected by school closures.
Last week the government announced that some schools...
Wealth gaps between different ethnic groups in Britain are large and likely to persist
Stark gaps in the amount of wealth held by different ethnic groups in Britain – which have had a serious impact on the financial...