poorest

We have reported on how pollution affects the poorest the most and how many don’t have a choice but to go out and work in the smog here, here and here.

“It’s the poorest among us, and people in rural regions, who are often more exposed to environmental pollution,” says toxicologist Linda Birnbaum, who led the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences until 2019.

Earlier this year, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the £300 payment would be restricted to all but the poorest pensioners - those eligible for pension credit.

Repatriation hit all levels of society, but the poorest were the most vulnerable.

She added it was often children with special educational needs, children in the poorest areas and children at risk of exclusion who were being taught at home.