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...

Afghans in UK still in hotels

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...

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 government’s £326 cost of this to...

Stop ‘Inhuman’ Rwanda Flights

The SVP is reiterating its opposition to the government’s 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...

Digital poverty risks losing a generation’s 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 It’s vital. a...

Dark day for human rights and humanity, says SVP

The St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) has described the passing of the government’s Nationality and Borders Bill into law with no amendments as a “dark day for human rights and humanity.”The been...

SVP brands plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda ‘inhuman’

Government plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing are “inhuman” and a punitive move for people that have already gone through so much already, says the St Vincent de Paul plans are...

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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,...

We are all worth so much more


Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s 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...