First introduced to Britain in 1576 it was not until 1930 that they were officially closed and even then many continued under other names into the late 20th century. Now a new book, The Workhouse ...

A United Nations report on poverty in the United Kingdom has painted a damning picture of a nation where “compassion” for the poorest has been replaced with a “mean-spirited” approach reminiscent of ...

British workhouses were intimately bound up with slavery and imperialism throughout the early modern period, new research from Cardiff University finds. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

SHE is worth an estimated £7 billion as the creator of the Harry Potter stories. But JK Rowling’s great-great-grandmother has been revealed as a poor workhouse inmate who lost two young children.

A new UN Report on the UK has been condemned by Conservative Party MPs for atacking the UK's welfare regime and the impact of reforms since 2010. The report, written by UN extreme poverty and human ...

The harsh regime of workhouses is something we associate with Victorian times. But the shocking truth about the buildings is that they continued to house families well into the 20th Century. BBC News ...

After reading that headline, your first question might probably be something along the lines of, “Were workhouses and sanitariums ever, uh, great?” To which I would agree that no, such places - which ...

Jane was the prettiest girl in the workhouse. Taller than the other seven-year-olds, with clear blue eyes and dark curly hair, she was a bright little thing, full of mischief, who liked playing ...

British workhouses were intimately bound up with slavery and imperialism throughout the early modern period, new research from Cardiff University finds. Published in the journal Antipode, the article ...