Capping charitable tax deductions would be "a turn in the wrong direction," writes one reader. Another bemoans proposed cuts ...

North East MPs have been reacting with horror to the "heartbreaking" poverty report published by a leading charity. The study by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) revealed that one in three ...

Susan Hall, who also chairs the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee, said the public needed ‘transparency’ on the issue.

The Department for Work and Pensions is facing pressure to introduce a new child benefit payment following a study that ...

The US President's decision to suspend all foreign aid will harm US interests while gifting a golden opportunity to China, ...

Labour and Conservative MPs have failed to back Liberal Democrat plans to protect customers from footing the bill for water company bailouts in a House of Commons vote this evening.

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As the bell rings at St Nicholas Church of England Primary Academy in Boston, Lincolnshire, head teacher Mrs Booth spots a ...

A new report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has praised the Scottish Government for making progress on reducing ...

One in three children in Yorkshire and the Humber are in poverty, a major report has found, and this figure is unlikely to ...

The JRF’s annual poverty barometer, which analyses information from the Office for Budget Responsibility, indicates Scotland ...