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Pensioner poverty on the brink of another cost-of-living crisis
Over a million UK pensioners live in poverty, with many cutting back on heating, food, and social activities. As energy prices rise again, Age UK warns this winter could bring another cost-of-living crisis. Better Pension Credit take-up, wider energy support, and accessible local crisis help are urgently needed.
Tackling poverty requires a wide-ranging rebuilding of Britain’s social contract
With the resignation of Keir Starmer and the imminent prospect of Andy Burnham taking over the leadership of the Labour Party and the country, there is a renewed interest in ideas and policies on how to change Britain to create a fairer society. This is welcome news for those interested in poverty policy, opening discussion on how to tackle the underlying causes of the UK’s economic and social problems.
The Precariat grows in the Education Industry
In our latest blog, Guy Standing argues that over the past half-century, education has become a vast, commercialised industry marked by rising spending yet declining investment in teaching, shrinking humanities, and worsening teacher conditions. A deepening class divide has produced administrative dominance and widespread precarity among educators, undermining teaching quality, professional stability, and the social purpose of education.