Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Charlotte Grayson, pupil at Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, holds her winning pea plant.

Hartlepool project encourages families to grow their own food

Raising the value of benefits would have been preferable to sending out a string of lump sum cost of living payments to households, according to a leading UK economics thinktank which has dubbed the sporadic cash boosts an “ineffective sticking plaster”.

Cost of living payments are ‘ineffective sticking plaster’, warns IFS

Benefits rise decision.

Why 14,000 Hartlepool benefit claimants may lose out

Universal Credit recipient numbers rise.

More seeking Universal Credit help

A report published this week by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has revealed the escalating problem of child poverty in the North East.

North East child poverty 'emergency' fears raised by Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Hartlepool Sixth Form College students Harry Beadard and Sophia Cook talking with Lesley Mulcahy from The Simple Weigh during the Volunteer Fair. Picture by FRANK REID

More than 100 Hartlepool students sign up for volunteering after fair

Hartlepool Sixth Form College students Harry Beadard and Sophia Cook talking with Lesley Mulcahy from The Simple Weigh during the Volunteer Fair. Picture by FRANK REID

Students learn about volunteer opportunities at fair

Hartlepool Action Lab members (left to right) Cameron Dudding, Caroline Robinson and Darren Leighton with the report. Picture by FRANK REID

Community spirit praised in new report as Covid pulls people into poverty

Benefits claims still rising

One in 11 claim jobless benefits in Hartlepool

A Get Connected subscriber tests out their new broadband.

New pay as you go broadband services launches in Hartlepool and beyond

Nearly one in 10 working age people in Hartlepool are now on benefits

Virus puts nearly one in 10 on benefits in Hartlepool

The increase in payments was only designed to last a year. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Universal Credit payments could be decreased in April 2021 - here's why

Almost one in 10 workers in Hartlepool are on job-related benefits

Nearly one in 10 on benefits in Hartlepool

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Helping Hartlepool's most vulnerable children