POVERTY

White van man on... UN intervention

21 November 2018

What have our food banks got to do with the United Nations? Hasn’t it got better things to ...

BUSINESS

Council launches energy company

By William Eichler | 27 April 2017

Liverpool City Council has launched a not-for-profit energy company to tackle fuel poverty.

SOCIAL CARE

Retiring into poverty?

By Janet Morrison | 11 August 2016

Janet Morrison says a report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation provides insight into the impact...

FINANCE

Industrial strategy will help local government

By Michael Burton | 02 August 2016

A pair of very contrasting reports have been published on the cost of poverty to local government...

WHITEHALL

Call for councils to take on 'Big Six' energy purchasers

By Jamie Hailstone | 13 July 2016

Every council in England could soon enter the energy business and take on the ‘Big Six,’ accordin...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

The devil's in the detail on reducing inequalities

By Michael Burton | 13 January 2016

David Cameron's efforts to tackle inequality might be admirable but fail to consider the crucial ...

FINANCE

An alternative to the big six

By Paul O'Brien | 22 July 2015

With the average UK household currently spending around £1,200 on energy each year, energy prices...