
Nothing Left in the Cupboards
This report examines how deep, austerity-motivated cuts to the welfare system, exacerbated by the introduction of the Universal Credit system and other changes, have left many families with children in England going hungry and dependent on food aid from charities. Many of these families are single parent households led by women. Human Rights Watch found that the UK government is failing to meet its duty under human rights law to ensure the right to adequate food.
Human Rights Watch
Single mothers fleeing domestic abuse forced into homelessness by benefit cap, charities warn
Choosing between living with an abuser and homelessness is a choice no survivor should have to make, Women’s Aid warns
The Independent
DWP benefit claimants face payments cut next year
Child Poverty Action Group cautions that failure to raise cap will push more people beyond its threshold
The Independent
‘I only eat once a day’: life under the UK two-child benefits cap
One woman tells how the limit, which Labour has said it will keep, has affected her and her five children
The Guardian