The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Nurses are living in poverty, says RCN chief Pat Cullen

Nurses are to be balloted over the prospect of further strikes after rejecting the Government’s revised pay offer.

The Independent UK · May 15, 2023

2023 Karnataka Assembly elections | BJP’s failure to tackle unemployment, poverty hit it hard

Nearly 30% of voters said unemployment was the biggest issue this election compared with just 3% in 2018

The Hindu · May 14, 2023

Babies are dying because of NHS failings, poverty and inequality, charities warn

Maternity services need urgent improvement and investment to meet government target of halving stillbirths and neonatal deaths

The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2023

Guntur MEPMA official suspended, three others face action for diverting ₹1.04 crore SHG funds

The Mission for Elimination of Poverty In Municipal Areas (MEPMA) initiated action against the staff in Guntur who ‘unauthorisedly’ diverted Self-Help Group (SHG) funds to the tune of ₹1 .04 crore

The Hindu · May 11, 2023

Women's reproductive rights: The extraordinary activism of Deja Foxx

Deja Foxx, 23, has just been awarded the Global Citizen Prize for her activism on women's reproductive rights. Deja first came to prominence at just 15 years old, when she challenged a Republican senator in Arizona over the right for women to have free access to birth control pills. Since…

France 24 · May 11, 2023

The Poverty Paradox: why is there still so much economic hardship in the US?

In a new book, author Mark Rank looks at why one of the world’s wealthiest countries has such a high rate of poverty

The Guardian - US · May 11, 2023

Lisburn & Castlereagh extends period poverty pilot as Department of Education cuts budget

"It is not financially viable for council to use ratepayers money to fill the gap left by the cuts from the Department of Education."

Belfast Live · May 10, 2023

Australia’s increase in welfare payments ‘is just a Band-Aid’, say low-income earners

‘I’m not going to be ungrateful, it will help … But the reality is, people like myself, we’re trapped’

The Guardian - AU · May 10, 2023

Leaks reveal Greens’ bizarre counter-offer to budget plan

TND understands negotiations over the poverty alleviation package will be kicked off with a proposal from the Greens to amend the budget.

The New Daily · May 10, 2023

Paloma Faith divides fans as she defends Coronation Concert amid poverty crisis

Singer Paloma Faith angered many fans for sharing her support for the King's Coronation Concert amid the UK's cost of living crisis, after she performed at the lavish event

Daily Mirror · May 10, 2023