The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Benefit equality for young parents must be priority to tackle child poverty

Record View says every effort should be made to eliminate poverty and give all children a fair start.

Daily Record · Apr 26, 2023

Scots OAPs only heat one room and stay in bed for warmth, says fuel poverty report

Pensioners told how they had caught pneumonia, only heated one room in their home to cut costs and stayed in bed all morning to keep warm

Daily Record · Apr 26, 2023

Calls for £100-a-month boost to Scottish Child Payment for struggling parents

EXCLUSIVE: Campaigners want SNP ministers to increase the Scottish Child Payment to comat "staggering" poverty levels among young parents.

Daily Record · Apr 26, 2023

Zoe Daniel: Enough of being treated as a minority – women need commitment to real change

Budgets are about choices and priorities, and ours are skewed. Women have had enough of being treated like a minority.

The New Daily · Apr 23, 2023

Katy Gallagher ‘unchanged’ on stage-three tax cuts, won’t commit to raising jobseeker

Leaving welfare payments at current rate ‘unconscionable and grossly irresponsible’, says anti-poverty body

The Guardian - AU · Apr 23, 2023

Afghan interpreter shot by Taliban living in poverty as 'racist' Army delays payout

Jamal Barack was 18 when he was shot in the arm and chest during an ambush on the Army’s Scots Guards in Helmand Province. He has been waiting for compensation for 13 years

Daily Mirror · Apr 22, 2023

Labor pours cold water on increasing jobseeker – leaving progressive voters scratching their heads

Labor may be correct that it can’t solve poverty in one budget, but it has no excuse not to begin the process

The Guardian - AU · Apr 21, 2023

‘Massacre of the Hungry’ in Sanaa Leaves More than 200 Dead, Wounded

Medical sources in Sanaa reported that more than 200 people were killed and wounded in what has come to be called the “massacre of the hungry”. The stampede tragedy occurred when hundreds of people in the poverty-hit country had gathered at a school in the capital Sanaa to receive cash…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 21, 2023

Narcan’s over-the-counter price will still put it out of reach for many, experts say

The life-saving drug “Narcan” is expected to be available over-the-counter later this year, but its price tag is expected to put it out of reach for many below the poverty line.

Tribune News Service · Apr 21, 2023

Mayor and Government urged to take action on food poverty in London

Both the Mayor and the Government have been urged by the London Assembly to take further action to address food poverty in the capital

Evening Standard · Apr 20, 2023