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• The UK’s energy divide is growing, with household energy debt rising by a fifth to £190 while those in credit see average balances double since last autumn[1]
• Nearly three million households owe money to their energy providers, and another eight million have no credit at all [1]
• Those in credit have managed to build up a war chest as two thirds of households (64%)
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So, we have arranged a programme of funded holiday-time activities, with hot meals, to run for up to four days over the Christmas 2022 school holiday.

The government-funded programme for the Christmas 2022 holiday has...

• Union body warns of “rampant” hardship in key worker households
• 1 in 5 children growing up in key worker households are living in poverty
• Ministers accused of “abandoning” the workers who got us through the pandemic
• Mass Westminster lobby and rally to take place to demand general election

More than 1 in 4 (28.4%) children with care worker...

• new laws introduced entitling unpaid carers to 1 week of unpaid leave a year to support those most in need
• eligible employees will be able to take Carer’s Leave regardless of how long they have worked for their employer

Millions of people across the UK who are currently providing...