Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

I asked for a 'white envelope' at Tesco - but left feeling upset and embarrassed

There has been some confusion around the initiative

Leeds Live

Lee Anderson claims family were in McDonald's 'two or three times a week' while using food bank

Lee Anderson secured a Westminster Hall debate on the subject of food poverty, where he also said it was a 'myth' that everyone on Universal Credit was in poverty.

Nottingham Post

Francis Wilkinson: Poor voters are losing out in the culture wars

The federal government says that 38 million Americans live in poverty. In addition, tens of millions live above the poverty line but in more or less permanent financial insecurity. Who represents the interests of all these people?

Tribune News Service

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

New figures expose 'fallacy' of benefit cap 'work incentive', child poverty group says

Ministers are now facing calls to abandon the cap - around £1,666 per month for a couple per month outside London - which one expert said makes 'no logical sense'

Daily Mirror

Lee Anderson stokes fury with claim families 'using food banks then going to McDonald's'

The divisive Tory deputy chairman claimed that receiving Universal Credit isn't an indication that families are in poverty - and said he'd contacted a local school to find out why they'd been offering free breakfasts

Daily Mirror

Lebanese Supermarkets Mark Prices in Dollars as Local Currency Tanks

Supermarkets in Lebanon started pricing items in US dollars on Wednesday instead of the nose-diving local currency, after a government announcement allowing the practice in a country heavily reliant on imports. Since late 2019, Lebanon has been facing a dramatic economic crisis that has seen poverty rates climb to reach…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Number of children in food poverty nearly doubles in a year to 4 million

Parents are worried about the physical and mental impact on children

Evening Standard

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Feed the future: Public agree that government should extend free school meals, exclusive poll reveals

First national poll since our campaign shows strong rise in public support for extension of free school meals as child food poverty doubles in a year

The Independent UK

Number of UK children in food poverty nearly doubles in a year to 4m

Support grows for expansion of free school meals to struggling families in face of rising hunger

The Guardian - UK

Scotland's rural communities face energy bills double the UK average

SCOTLAND’S remote and rural communities are facing annual energy bills of more than double the UK average, with the cost of living crisis having a…

The National (Scotland)

Charities worried about their ability to survive, survey suggests

Organisations working for the prevention or relief of poverty were ‘particularly likely’ to report an increase in demand for services, the CAF said.

The Independent UK

Pressure rises on Hunt as 2m more households fall into fuel poverty

Chancellor urged to ditch plans to cut support for energy bills when he delivers his budget for 2023

The Guardian - UK

Tesco says customers can ask for a 'white envelope' to get free sanitary products

The scheme aims to help tackle period poverty and support those who are affected by it and unable to afford sanitary items

Wales Online

Scots £25 benefit 'most ambitious child poverty reduction measure in UK'

A Scottish Government benefit has been hailed the “most ambitious child poverty reduction measure in the UK”.

The National (Scotland)

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

Tesco shoppers praise 'white envelope' scheme that helps struggling customers

Rumours have circulated online about Tesco's "white envelope" scheme which aims to help tackle period poverty and support those who are affected by it

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Martin Luther King Jr.’s writings should spur a national discussion on militarism

As another observance of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday passed and we once again celebrate Black History Month, I’m still haunted by Jonathan Eig’s recent op-ed, “We have lost sight of MLK’s radical vision.” He argues that we have romanticized King’s message and “lost sight of his radical…

Axios

Why poverty rates are likely to rise this year

SNAP benefits are one of the last big aid bumps to expire.

Chicago Sun-Times

New health center on Chicago’s South Side aims to end ‘period poverty’

The Gyrls in the H.O.O.D. Foundation has opened a new health services center on Chicago’s South Side.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Canberra Times

'Raise the rate': Call for urgent lift in welfare payments

'Poverty is a political choice, don't make it yours,' advocate told senators.

Chronicle Live

Online calculator helps you check how much money you need to afford a decent life for your family

The minimum income standard sets out what people think is needed to live with dignity

Reason

When the Government Makes Poverty Worse

A Pennsylvania survey suggests that taxes are often a major barrier to economic security, ranking ahead of credit card debt and student loans.

The Canberra Times

'Crisis in Canberra': Poverty inquiry hears ACT residents and service providers are struggling

The groups told the inquiry more people were accessing community services while service providers were finding it harder to retain staff.

Daily Record

Bias against people in poverty is 'extensive and deep-rooted' in Scotland

A report published by the Scottish Parliament's cross-party group on poverty recommends making education about poverty part of Scotland’s national curriculum for schools.

AAP

'Spiralling' demand for help as living costs increase

Welfare support organisations are facing huge demand for services as cost of living increases hit low-income households, a parliamentary inquiry has been told.

Reuters

Analysis-Incoming World Bank chief faces tests before he gets to climate

Ajay Banga, U.S. President Joe Biden's pick to run the World Bank, will face a tough slate of issues around the institution's finances and capital structure from the get-go, thorny problems he must address as he reshapes the bank into a force for combating climate change on top of its…

1 … 102 103 104 105

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Scottish Child Payment

Child Poverty Action Group

39 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Highlands and Islands

11 stories

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.