New data shows highest paid payrolled employees saw wages soar by just under £3000 a month since 2014, while the poorest got a paltry pay rise of £167, Sian Norris reports
Sam Bright and Sian Norris inspect how deprived communities will be saddled by the Government’s new testing policies
There’s been much talk about falling birth rates from all sides of the political spectrum – but the elephant in the nursery is the Conservatives’ record on benefit cuts
As Russia masses troops in Belarus, the Polish Government declares war on asylum seekers, Linda Mannheim speaks to local campaigners trying to help vulnerable refugees
Rachel Morris delves into one of the major causes of poverty, inequality and insecurity in modern Britain
The Department for Work and Pensions uses private firms to deny assistance to vulnerable people, many of whom overturn the decision on appeal, reports Chaminda Jayanetti
The Prime Minister’s plan for regional rebalancing shows that he is more interested in building his personal legacy than improving lives, says Sam Bright
The Conservative Party could soon elect the UK’s richest-ever Prime Minister, while after 12 years of Conservative-led Governments millions struggle in poverty
With inflation now at 5.4% and the cost of living soaring with it, the humble oat has become an avatar of moral virtue in a right-wing culture war, Sian Norris reports
For the past 12 years, the Conservative Party’s response to high public spending has always been the same: impose the burden on lower income families, says Maheen Behrana
Thomas Perrett reports on findings by the New Economics Foundation which expose a significant problem with the Prime Minister’s flagship, if vague, policy
The Government’s announcement comes as rents across the UK rise at their fastest rate since the financial crisis in 2008
As Marcus Rashford is honoured with an MBE for his work campaigning to end food poverty for children, Nathan O’Hagan selects his team of football heroes, past and present, who have influenced the world of politics
The reality of deprivation in Britain is distorted by those who complain about earning more than £80,000 a year and rely on wealthy friends to pay for their holidays, says Maheen Behrana
Britain is facing another era of austerity and economic illiteracy, says Maheen Behrana
Rising gas prices have prompted panic about Brexit, bail-outs and bills – but for poor families and the NHS, this crisis could not come at a worse moment
hile more pupils across the education system achieved the top grades than pre-pandemic, the A-level attainment gap between state and private school is prompting concern about social mobility and inequality
With Keir Starmer saying that the Prime Minister had shown his ‘true colours’ over comments about coalmine closures, which were met with outrage, Byline Times analysed the extent of inequality being endured by ex-coalfield regions
MPs’ report on the disadvantages faced by white working-class pupils received submissions from people who call discussions of privilege ‘woke dogma’ and believe diversity drives are ‘racist’
Kensington and Chelsea council has spent £500 million on Grenfell funding since the fire, yet mistrust abounds as the process of justice drags slowly on, writes former local MP Emma Dent Coad
On the 40th anniversary of the hit song, Chris Sullivan finds its modern relevance terrifying
The news that Johnson ‘can’t afford to be Prime Minister’ rings hollow after a decade of austerity-driven child poverty, says Sian Norris
The Education Secretary accused Labour of moaning and complaining, as schools express anger about changes to Pupil Premium funding
Maheen Behrana examines new evidence about the attitudes of Brexit voters towards those suffering deprivation
Mike Buckley speaks to experts about how an intersection of factors, which go beyond concerns around identity and Brexit, are contributing to the current unrest
There is still a steady and pernicious denigration of low income groups by the Conservative Party, says Maheen Behrana
Sam Bright speaks to survivors and the bereaved, who believe that funds allocated to help them following the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire have been squandered by a council they compare to the ‘Mafia’
Louisa Britain, the pen name of the mother who tweets as ‘Roadside Mum’, explains how the Government should reform its provision of free school meals
The Chancellor is pushing for a reduction of Government assistance that would have a direct impact in his back yard
Sian Norris digs deeper into the private companies providing free school meals to the UK’s most vulnerable children
In an exclusive interview with Byline Times, Twitter’s Roadside Mum explains how she was expected to feed her children for 10 days on the meagre free schools meal pack provided by a food service firm
Carole Concha Bell reports on the social unrest exploding across Latin America as governments fail to address the Coronavirus pandemic and its consequences
These waiting times are likely to increase difficulties for individuals already on the sharp end of the Coronavirus pandemic, reports Sam Bright
Francesca Borri visits the Hyde Park neighbourhood in Leeds, and finds a community abandoned by government; ravaged by deprivation
As Coronavirus lockdown restrictions are reintroduced, the Government has revealed it will not provide school holiday assistance for children on free school meals