In March, the government announced a three-month
suspension of evictions and a marginal restoration of housing benefit to 2015
levels. The suspension is scheduled to end in mid-June, and has not been
extended, leaving renters fearing for the future. With their median weekly
household earnings already £161 lower than mortgage holders’, private renters’
housing costs on average eat up around a third of total household income. And
this is before the effects of the recession. Recent analysis from the New
Economics Foundation found that a minimum-wage worker who loses their job and
has to rely on universal credit will have their income cut by 45%. Read more on
the Guardian website.
The Guardian view on unhealthy Britain: from housing to junk food, there
are solutions | Editorial
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People are living with sickness or disability younger than a decade ago.
That should shock the country and prompt action
The two-year decline in healthy ...
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