SVP calls on new PM to tackle cost of living crisis
The St Vincent de Paul Society welcomes the appointment of new Prime Minister Liz Truss, and we hope that her government will tackle the cost-of-living challenges such as the rising food and high and...
Published on 06/09/2022
A year on Afghans still living in hotels
As 15th August marks one year since the fall of Kabul, an estimated 12,000 Afghan families are still living in UK hotels awaiting resettlement.They were brought here because they and their family to a...
Published on 10/08/2022
Cost of living payment inadequate to help the millions struggling
The St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) whose members and staff witness the deprivation and suffering caused by poverty every day in the course of their work, say the governmentâs ÂŁ326 cost of this to...
Published on 15/07/2022
Stop âInhumanâ Rwanda Flights
The SVP is reiterating its opposition to the governmentâs plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, and the Society applauds the ruling from the European Court of Human Rights to halt the first the to...
Published on 16/06/2022
Digital poverty risks losing a generationâs talents
Like food, warmth and safety, education is a basic need. It has the power to lift an individual out of poverty, to empower, to build self-esteem, and to open doors to a whole new world Itâs vital. a...
Published on 12/05/2022
Dark day for human rights and humanity, says SVP
The St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) has described the passing of the governmentâs Nationality and Borders Bill into law with no amendments as a âdark day for human rights and humanity.âThe been...
Published on 28/04/2022
SVP brands plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda âinhumanâ
Government plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing are âinhumanâ and a punitive move for people that have already gone through so much already, says the St Vincent de Paul plans are...
Published on 18/04/2022
Leeds SVP member enters Ukraine war zone to deliver aid
Images of the war in Ukraine have left many of us feeling helpless, but for Phil Marshall, the crisis gave him the opportunity to turn his concern into action.Phil, a member of the Mother of in Leeds,...
Published on 07/04/2022
We are all worth so much moreâŠ
Chancellor Rishi Sunakâs Spring Budget was just another missed opportunity for the government to address the spiralling cost of living and add momentum and commitment to the Levelling Up rise in has...
Published on 30/03/2022