The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Since the “refugee crisis” in 2015 precipitated the rise of the far right in Europe, debates on the impact of migration on welfare states have raged across the continent. It is hardly surprising, therefore, that EU- and non-EU migrants alike still struggle to access welfare benefits in their European countries…

Campaigners urge policymakers to act on ‘cycle of poverty’ entrapping generations of British muslims

Campaigners from the End Fuel Poverty Coalition have called for an end to pre-payment meters which they say will cause the deaths of several people this winter in the UK

Wealth and income inequality have recently gone down in the U.S. and other parts of the West, and the decline has been going on for the better part of the last decade. Yet it is not clear, to me at least, whether this is something to celebrate.

For a six-month period last year, something life-changing happened for tens of millions of American families: They started receiving automatic monthly payments of as much as $300 per child to use for whatever they needed.

The End Fuel Poverty Coalition says energy companies may be using them as a 'back-door' way of disconnecting customers who fall into debt

End Fuel Poverty Coalition fears energy suppliers are using warrants to disconnect poorest ‘by the back door’

The coroner investigating the death of Kumanjayi Walker has been told an understanding of the difficulty raising healthy children in the poverty of remote communities is "missing across every profession in the NT".

London’s child poverty charity, The Childhood Trust, said food banks were playing a crucial role in helping families struggling with food insecurity.

The End Fuel Poverty Coalition raised concerns that firms were using PPMs ‘as a method of revenue protection’.

Starting next year, the income support payments that millions of Australians rely on will be scrutinised by an expert committee, but the government is making it clear that while it will listen to its advice, it won't necessarily follow it.