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GCSE for British Sign Language hoped for ‘in the next few years’
One third of Sao Paulo's urban population living in slums
Sao Paulo is the largest city in Latin America and yet 19% of it's residents live in poverty. Favelas and slums on the outskirts of the city are home to the most impoverished residents.
Leading children’s charity accuses Gavin Williamson of ‘forgetting about deaf children’
How children eat affects the way they learn, nutritionist warns
Housing poverty in London
According to the land registry, the latest data for housing in London from September 2020 showed that the average price for a property in London was £496,736. An increase of 58.3% since September 2010 when the average property was £290,093. Yet the minimum wage for those aged 25 and over is currently £8.72, an increase of less than £3 over 10 years.
Supermarkets donate MILLIONS of meals to those in need
Around 80% of low-income families in the UK have been left in a worse financial position than before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Child Poverty Action Group revealed.
Period poverty during COVID-19
On the 1st of January, the government abolished the 5% rate of VAT on sanitary products – referred to as the “tampon tax”.
