Call for new Beveridge report as number of destitute UK households doubles during Covid

Research shows the pandemic has had a disproportionate economic impact on regions such as the north-west of EnglandThe number of British households plunged into destitution more than doubled last year, according to alarming new research on the devastating fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.Amid growing concerns over the unequal impact the crisis has had on the poor and low-paid, it has emerged that there were 220,000 more households living in destitution by the end of last year, potentially more than half a million people. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/feb/20/call-for-new-beveridge-report-as-number-of-destitute-uk-households-doubles-during-covid #poverty #coronavirus #uk_job_furlough_scheme #social_exclusion #society #uk_news #rishi_sunak #andy_burnham #budget #politics #family