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Many schoolgirls struggle to access period products

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'The new deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson is wrong to believe that charities supporting asylum seekers in Calais are involved in a multimillion-pound industry'. PIC: UK Parliament/PA Wire

Lee Anderson: ‘myth’ those on Universal credit are in poverty

A child carries a tray with food during lunch-break at St Mary’s RC Primary School, in Battersea, south London.

Number of children in food poverty nearly doubles to four million

5 mental health benefits of owning a pet

Free School Meals For All bill reading delayed in Parliament

Pictured are two of the comedians taking part in the show, Pete Teckman (left) and Ben Briggs (right).

Poverty Hurts: Comedy evening in aid of Community Foundation’s appeal

Carol Mitchell (pictured), who was helped by the McCarthy-Dixon Foundation during her time of need, cared for her late husband for 13 years before he passed away in May 2019.

71-year-old shares how support offered after losing husband ‘changed her life’

A woman holds a shopping basket of groceries.

Cost of living: Groceries cost could soar by £1.7bn

Pictured: Northampton Hope Centre on Campbell Street.

Poverty in Northampton report: How Hope Centre found 'super poverty' in the town

Fairtrade cocoa farmer Bismark Kpabitey (photo: Fairtrade Africa)

Fairtrade Fortnight: how the chocolate you buy can make a real difference

Many people today are struggling financially and emotionally

RACHEL MCGRATH COLUMN: Stark reading in state-of-nation report