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Online briefing to explain West Midlands’ £53m share of Household Support Fund

November 22, 2021
by Alun Severn
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On 30th September the government launched a £500m Household Support Fund to provide winter support to families and vulnerable households with food, fuel, bills, household items and essentials between October 2021 and March 2022. This funding is being issued to local authorities to add
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Birmingham — a ‘real living wage’ city?

June 03, 2019
by Alun Severn
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This morning Birmingham City Council hosted a breakfast discussion introducing the Living Wage Foundation’s new Living Wage Places scheme. The aim was to bring together businesses, local politicians, public sector organisations and members of civil society to discuss how we can work c
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Fair by Design — why being poor costs more and how you can help tackle the ‘poverty premium’

September 19, 2018
by Alun Severn
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Those who have less pay more — for energy, insurance, and finance. Being poor costs more. This is called the Poverty Premium. Fair by Design, the movement to tackle this poverty premium — the extra costs of being poor — is launching its campaigning arm today. The cam
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