Social exclusion
Breastfeeding improves cognitive ability for children of poorer mothers – study
Analysis of data on almost 6,000 children found breastfeeding boosted brain development in disadvantaged mothers’ babies
Denis Campbell Health policy editor
30, Jun, 2022 @11:01 PM
Digitalisation of services and money is creating a two-tier society | Letters
Letters: Andy Beverley is worried for those who are excluded by cashless systems, and Jane Ghosh says counter services are essential
Letters
29, Jun, 2022 @5:30 PM
I was too ill to work – the Tory benefit cap left me and my children with £50 a week to survive | James
I’m just about getting by, but have no security – it won’t take much to put me back in the food bank queue, says James
James
29, Jun, 2022 @11:28 AM
No masks, no free tests, low sick pay – the UK government is back in Covid denial | Frances Ryan
Cases are on the rise, but a few small changes would make a big difference to millions of vulnerable people, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
Frances Ryan
28, Jun, 2022 @7:00 AM
‘This was properly amazing work’: the artist’s life’s work found in a skip
George Westren’s op-art drawings went viral on social media after a neighbour saved them from the tip – now they might get an exhibition of their own
Tim Jonze
27, Jun, 2022 @7:00 AM
Essential services websites in UK ‘should be accessible to all’
Exclusive: group of charities say that protections are needed to stop people being excluded online
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent
26, Jun, 2022 @3:35 PM
Why does the UK still have such a shameful attitude to poverty and benefits? | Polly Toynbee
Study after study explodes the myth of the benefit ‘scrounger’. Sympathy is growing – but apparently not among Tories, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
Polly Toynbee
26, Jun, 2022 @11:00 AM
‘We danced naked in Hyde Park - and then changed the world’: the inside story of UK Pride, 50 years on
Half a century after LGBTQ+ people marched through London for the first UK Pride, key players recall the fun, the fear, the fallout … and the paisley hot pants
Amelia Abraham
25, Jun, 2022 @10:00 AM
I work at the food bank more than I use it – it’s my way of thanking Britain for considering my asylum | Paul
I’m so grateful to be here but I wish we could work, says Paul
Paul
22, Jun, 2022 @11:00 AM
Poor households paying up to £541 more a year for goods and services
Households forced to pay ‘poverty premium’ most prevalent in deprived areas of Midlands and north of England, research says
Patrick Butler Social policy editor
21, Jun, 2022 @11:01 PM
The hidden victims of the cost of living crisis | Letter
Letter: The government’s ‘no recourse to public funds’ policy is pushing those living legally in Britain into destitution and homelessness, writes Bethan Lant
Letters
20, Jun, 2022 @3:38 PM
From New Zealand to Nigeria: the global toll of the cost of living crisis
Unsparing inflation across basics from food and energy to housing is pushing millions into poverty, as our correspondents report
Reporting team
20, Jun, 2022 @2:00 AM
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