Keir Starmer Faces Unprecedented Challenges as Government Backtracks on Welfare Cuts Wednesday, July 2, 2025 starmer labour welfare politics ukgovernment universalcredit pip polling budget opposition Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is enduring what many political analysts are calling the most difficult start ever for a newly-elected UK Prime Minister. Despite Labour’s commanding majority following the 2024 General … Read More
Free School Meals Expansion to Benefit Thousands of Families Across Gloucestershire Monday, June 9, 2025 freeschoolmeals childpoverty universalcredit gloucestershire education families keirstarmer costofliving schoolchildren government From September 2026, over half a million additional children in England will become eligible for free school meals following a significant expansion of eligibility rules. This change will benefit thousands of families across … Read More
Government to Expand Free School Meals, Aiming to Ease Child Poverty Thursday, June 5, 2025 freeschoolmeals childpoverty universalcredit education hunger families nutrition government schoolpolicy socialmobility Starting next year, the UK government will broaden its free school meals program to reach more children across the country. Currently, all children in England receive free meals up to the end of Year 2, after which … Read More
Nigel Farage Calls to Scrap Two-Child Benefit Limit: Your Opinion Matters Wednesday, May 28, 2025 benefits welfare childpoverty ukpolitics nigelfarage twochildlimit reformuk labour universalcredit socialpolicy The government faces mounting pressure to abolish the contentious two-child benefit limit, a policy many describe as “cruel.” At a London press conference on Tuesday, Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, announced … Read More