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Republicans’ are proposing changes that could result in some children and families losing access to healthcare, food benefits and financial assistance. Annie Otzen/Getty Images/Moment RF hide…

Mental health problems and economic hardship remain widespread among survivors of the Maui wildfire, as access to food, stable housing, work and healthcare remains a struggle…

It was Ellen Wilkinson, education minister in the Attlee government, who announced in 1946 that free school dinners would be introduced, along with free school milk, at…

More than 5 million UK adults are experiencing a triple whammy of financial, health and housing insecurity as British households hit levels of “multi-stress” not seen…

As Labour continues its inquest into the reasons for its local election losses, attention has focused on the pensioners’ winter fuel allowance and the changes in…

The government-backed child poverty taskforce is likely to recommend the return of the early years service Sure Start, the Guardian understands, though there are doubts in…