>"Living Wage Foundation’s minimum rate rises by 40p to £9.90 an hour, largely due to higher fuel costs and rents"

"Helping low earners is a priority now. And that means reversing the cut to universal credit, says Carsten Jung of the IPPR"

"The loss of the ‘uplift’will have awful results. But with even Tories supporting the backlash, could _...Read More_

>"Combined with rising tax, food, and energy bills, this week's Universal Credit cut will leave low-income families a huge £1,700 per year worse off – it _...Read More_

"Rishi Sunak criticised for cutting off wage-subsidy lifeline that still supports over a million jobs"

"The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts"

"Despite Conservative claims to have reduced childhood deprivation, the burden on taxpayers has soared over the past eight years"

Labour and CBI express concerns the government’s tax policies are bad for business and workers.

"Taxing wealth would tackle generational inequality, says Alfie Stirling, head of economics at the New Economics Foundation"

"TUC says high proportion of people who will be affected by planned £20-a-week benefit cut are in work"

"Citizen trusts could sell people's personal data to tech companies to fund a universal basic income program."

"The pandemic has shown us the need for widespread security."

""However welcome this bounceback, it contains dangers – in the housing market, in the event of another Covid wave, and in terms of righting a lopsided economy"

"The American Rescue Plan lifted millions out of poverty and charted a new course for economic assistance by emphasizing direct cash relief."

>"I was just having a conversation with my mom and there was a bit of a silent spot, and in that moment I was realizing that there was no way I could really afford therapy for the next few weeks to the…"