Over half of London working parents use food banks, study finds: ‘Is this the country we live in?’

More than half of London’s working families have turned to a food bank to help them put food on the table, shocking new research shows.

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This is a genuïne letter from #TheGuardian, I checked and the link is below. The other letters add salient points as well. 😢

#Foodbanks #Poverty #FoodPoverty #InWorkPoverty #SocialJustice

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/05/coronation-extravaganza-sits-badly-in-todays-britain

Coronation extravaganza sits badly in today’s Britain

Letters: Readers – monarchist, republican and others – give their views on the Guardian’s coverage of Saturday’s coronation and the royal family

The Guardian
Barriers to Work are Trapping Children in Poverty – Byline Times

New data has revealed the barriers single parents face in getting back to work, while rates of in-work poverty exposes Tory 'myth' that work is the route to riches, Sian Norris reports

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RT @WorkYetPoor: 🔎@NicolasSchmitEU, European Commissioner for #Jobs and #socialrights, has highlighted "the need of follow-up after the @WorkYetPoor project" focused on the increasing social trend of #InWorkPoverty in #EU

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/NicolasSchmitEU/status/1618579892203057153

Nicolas SCHMIT (@NicolasSchmitEU)

RT @WorkYetPoor: 🔎@NicolasSchmitEU, European Commissioner for #Jobs and #socialrights, has highlighted "the need of follow-up after the @Wo…

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Thousands Unable To Go Into Work Over #HygienePoverty Shame. – The poor side of life
#Poverty
#InWorkPoverty

A recent report undertaken by the charity #HygieneBank shows that approximately 3.2 million UK adults are affected by hygiene poverty, 12% of these stating that they have avoided going into work be…

https://thepoorsideof.life/2022/11/03/thousands-unable-to-go-into-work-over-hygiene-poverty-shame/

Thousands Unable To Go Into Work Over Hygiene Poverty Shame.

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