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Marcus Rashford: Child poverty may rise as Universal Credit top-up ends
2021-10-07 21:05:23| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Millions "lost a lifeline" when the temporary rise to universal credit ended, the footballer says.
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child
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Furniture Poverty: millions living without essential items
2021-05-12 01:00:32| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
In the UK more than two million people experience furniture povert yet its rarely spoken about.
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living
essential
furniture
Food poverty: MPs call on government to step up help
2021-04-07 01:00:34| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A report calls on the government to create a food security minister to protect the vulnerable.
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call
food
government
Covid inequality: No vaccination for poverty in a pandemic
2021-03-22 03:08:49| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
People on the financial precipice are disproportionately likely to be unemployed, renting, female, and black.
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inequality
vaccination
pandemic
Coronavirus: US poverty rises as aid winds down
2020-10-15 19:43:31| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Poverty rates and jobless claims in the US are rising, amid disagreement over further pandemic aid.