Food poverty in the UK is reaching crisis levels. One in four children are currently living in poverty, and whilst the UK may be one of the wealthiest countries in the world, it also has one of the highest rates of childhood food insecurity in Europe. The sad reality of it is that the government is failing […]
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Should We Be Angry About Maintenance Cuts?
Student debt, two words that I’m sure make most of you physically recoil, will soon take on even more monstrous proportions for students from poorer backgrounds. Come September this year, students coming from families earning less than £42,000 p.a. will no longer receive maintenance grants but loans instead. It appears the last vestige of the […]