New research from the older people’s charity WRVS suggests that the experience of ageing in the UK is poor compared to other EU countries, with older people in this country the loneliest, poorest and the most concerned about age discrimination….

With the Welsh Government’s Tackling Poverty Action Plan soon to be announced  there has been a relevant focus on child poverty in Wales this week, including the hard hitting BBC documentary “Playing with Poverty” and the Save the Children report…

High levels of unemployment remains a significant problem in Wales, which has lasting consequences for all concerned.  In tackling the issue specific groups have often been targeted, notably young people, and given extra support to help them find work, gain…

This is a big week for a small tax. The Robin Hood Tax Global Week of Action is in full swing and with major developments in the USA and Europe this truly tiny tax is increasingly becoming more likely. The…

There is only one way that poverty in Wales is going, and that is up.  Be it child poverty, in-work poverty, pensioner poverty, rural poverty or any of the other sub-categories of poverty invented by lobby groups, poverty is here…