https://www.trussell.org.uk/news-and-research/publications/report/hunger-in-the-uk-2025 This research sets out compelling evidence that despite falling inflation, there has been no progress on hunger in the UK. There are concerning signs that the levels of hardship people are facing are deepening, and severe hardship is becoming entrenched in communities across the UK. Three separate reports sit alongside this publication exploring Hunger…
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Disabled people want to live a full life. Instead, we’re forced to scrap over our right to food and a wash
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/15/britain-disabled-people-right-food-politics?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other Britain’s political and media class advocate policies that leave disabled people hungry and dirty. Why are we expected to settle for this?
A year of Labour but no progress: JRF’s cost of living tracker, summer 2025
https://www.jrf.org.uk/cost-of-living/jrfs-cost-of-living-tracker-summer-2025 A year into the new Labour Government, key hardship measures show no improvement — over 7 million low-income families are still going without essentials. For low-income families with 3 or more children, the situation is acute, with almost 9 in 10 families going without the essentials, and the highest number of families in arrears…
Unpacking the rising cost of essentials for low-to-middle income Britain
https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/bare-necessities/ Essentials take up more of households’ total spending than they have in the past, with spending on essentials for low-income households increasing the most. A more essentials-heavy spending basket also left poorer families facing faster price growth in recent years. Higher energy costs, coupled with rapid food inflation, have led to hardship for many….
The Warm Home Discount will be expanded meaning 6 million households will receive £150 off their energy bills this winter.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/millions-more-families-to-get-150-off-energy-bills-this-winter Warm Home Discount to be extended to all households in receipt of means-tested benefits The government has announced that it is removing restrictions on the payment of the Warm Home Discount so that all households where the means-tested benefit recipient (or their partner or legal appointee) is named on the energy bill will now…
Pathways to Poverty: How planned cuts to disability benefits will impact the people we support
By refusing to properly consult on its plan to cut billions from disability benefits, the government is choosing not to ask questions it doesn’t want the answers to. The cuts will have a devastating impact on disabled people (and their children), sending hundreds of thousands into poverty, and many more into deeper poverty. This will…
The future of crisis support: a discussion paper
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publications/the-future-of-crisis-support-a-discussion-paper/ The Household Support Fund (HSF) has been the primary source of crisis support in England since it began in 2021. It has provided vital support to households facing hardship with nowhere left to turn, including being used to soften the impact of shortfalls in the wider benefits system. With the HSF’s 7th iteration due…
Deeper in Debt: Citizens Advice debt data update
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publications/deeper-in-debt-citizens-advice-debt-data-update/ Debt levels are rising sharply, and cases are becoming more complex and harder to resolve. The road to debt recovery is long, and impossible for many. These insights highlight the challenges facing people with debt and the need for government action.
Understanding the psychological harm of utilities debt collection and disconnection
https://www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/publications/connection-lost/ More than half of those in some form of utilities arrears have a mental health problem (52%). More concerningly, people with severe and enduring mental illnesses (SMI) such as bipolar or schizophrenia are over four times as likely to be in some form of utility debt as those without a mental health problem. Being…
Third successive rise in rough sleeping as the homelessness crisis deepens across England
https://www.crisis.org.uk/about-us/crisis-media-centre/third-successive-rise-in-rough-sleeping-as-the-homelessness-crisis-deepens-across-england Today (Thursday 27th February) the government has released two sets of statistics revealing the depths of the homelessness crisis in England as the number of people rough sleeping reaches 4,667 – a staggering 91% increase since 2021. The annual rough sleeping snapshot provides a detailed estimate of the number of people rough sleeping on…