Incapacity benefit reforms will hit claimants
The government reforms to incapacity benefit will result in severe hardship for hundreds of thousands of households living outside the south of England, according to research published by Sheffield...
View ArticleChildren’s watchdog queries Wales poverty target
The watchdog for children’s rights in Wales has said it is unlikely child poverty will be eradicated in the country by the official 2020 target.Keith Towler, the Children’s Commissioner for Wales, told...
View ArticleCutting council tax support in Wales
Any cuts to council tax support in Wales are bound to hit lower-income households, says a think-tank briefing.The Institute for Fiscal Studies has examined the likely impact on Wales of the UK...
View ArticleWelsh Government action plan on poverty
A general increase in the wealth of society does not inevitably ‘trickle down’ to individuals and communities in poverty, according to a Welsh Government five-year action plan on poverty. There are...
View ArticleWatchdog launches child poverty strategy for Wales
The children's rights watchdog in Wales has published its first strategy on child poverty. In it, the watchdog voices concern over the Welsh Government's decision to make tackling child poverty part of...
View ArticleWales has worst child poverty in UK
Around 200,000 children are living in poverty in Wales, or one in three of the total, according to a new report from the Save the Children charity. In addition, as many as 90,000 live in severe...
View ArticleBenefit cuts in Wales ‘to exceed £590 million’
People in Wales will suffer annual benefit cuts totalling at least £590 million by 2014-15, according to a study commissioned by the Welsh Government. Families with children will lose out the most, the...
View Article‘Anti-poverty champions’ in Wales
New 'anti-poverty champions' are being planned in Wales to help the poorest groups in society and protect those most at risk of poverty and social exclusion. The Welsh Government is asking each of the...
View ArticlePoverty action plan for Wales
Publication date: Wednesday, July 3, 2013Plans to provide 5,000 job and training opportunities for households in Wales in which no-one has a job are at the heart of new Welsh Government plans to tackle...
View ArticleWales feels impact of UK welfare reforms
Publication date: Wednesday, July 17, 2013Women in Wales are more likely to be adversely affected than men by UK-wide changes in the benefits system, according to a new report. They are also likely to...
View ArticleWelsh Government ‘doing more’ on child poverty
Publication date: Monday, September 2, 2013The Welsh Government has claimed it is doing more than the UK coalition government – or any of the other devolved administrations – by way of efforts to...
View ArticlePoverty and social exclusion in Wales 2013
Publication date: Thursday, September 19, 2013As many as 690,000 people in Wales (23 per cent of the total) were estimated to be living in low-income households over the three year period to 2011-12,...
View ArticlePoverty and ethnicity in Wales
Publication date: Thursday, October 3, 2013Schemes to reduce poverty among particular ethnic groups in Wales need to form part of population-wide anti-poverty strategies, a new study for the Joseph...
View ArticleImpact of benefits reforms in Wales
Publication date: Monday, February 17, 2014The coalition government's reforms to benefits and tax credits will cost Wales around £900 million a year by 2015-16, according to a study carried out for the...
View ArticlePaying bills a struggle for 1 in 8 in Wales
Publication date: Thursday, March 27, 2014As many as one in eight people in Wales are finding it a 'constant struggle' to keep up with their bills, according to the latest findings from the National...
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