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British Red Cross research found that finding work and somewhere to live, and applying for benefits, often takes much longer than 28 days. In some cases it can take up to three months. Refugees and ...

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The British Gas Energy Trust also provides financial support of up to £2,000 to customers with other suppliers.

British Gas is extending its ‘You Pay: We Pay’ initiative so that more customers can benefit from the £10m available in the scheme.

Judgment has been reserved in a legal challenge brought against Stormont for "failing to adopt" an anti-poverty strategy for Northern Ireland. The human rights group, the Committee on the ...

The highest poverty rates among provinces were found in Nova Scotia (12.5%), British Columbia (12.2%), and Manitoba (11.9%). Manitoba also had the highest rate of deep poverty, at 6.9%.