We are living in a society already crippled by the cost of living crisis and it appears we have now descended into an equally troubling health crisis. As individuals struggle to make ends meet ...

In the 21st century, we are serving a population which is descending into a ‘Victorian-era’ health crisis. While balancing the books is, of course, the right approach to take for the economy, to do so ...

Poverty has always been a complex challenge, but our views on it have evolved dramatically over time. For centuries, poverty was seen as a fact of life, with charity considered a moral duty ...

Doctors have reported an increase in patients suffering from Victorian-era diseases like scabies. The Royal College of Physicians is now calling for stronger government action to combat poverty. A ...

Victorian illnesses like rickets are on the rise. We need radical change to end malnutrition One in four children are living in poverty. If the government is serious about today's children being 'the ...

Amid the rise of vegetarianism in late 19th-century London, George Gissing used meat-free characters to probe themes of poverty, morality and social contradiction.

Martin Daunton examines Dickens' brilliant evocation of Victorian social conditions in Bleak House, and gives a historian's view of the story.

During 1901, 81-year-old Julia Blumsun admitted herself into the City of London workhouse on 163 separate occasions. Other individuals appear to have positively preferred to live in a workhouse, such ...