London activates rough sleeping severe weather plan
The London Severe Weather Emergency Protocols (SWEP) have been activated for the first time in 2022 to protect homeless people as temperatures drop below zero.
One in five UK pensioners living in relative poverty
One in five pensioners – more than 2 million people – are living in relative poverty in the UK, an increase of more than 200,000 in the past year alone, according to a new report.