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One MILLION kids growing up in poverty as families fight to buy even the basics

One in four UK children, including 1.3 million primary school children and one million under four, are growing up below the poverty line, a new report has found

Daily Mirror

DWP urged to give early access to State Pension payments for dying people of working age

Marie Curie research shows most dying people of working age have paid 24 years of National Insurance contributions.

Daily Record

Scores of people die as wave of freezing weather sweeps across Afghanistan

Extreme weather compounds a humanitarian crisis in poverty-stricken Afghanistan, leaving scores of people and vital livestock dead.

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No, the World Is Not Heading Toward 'Mass Extinction'

Despite an apocalyptic media narrative, the modern era has brought much longer lives and the greatest decline in poverty ever.

Reason

Solving period poverty is about more than just making products free

Upwards of 2.8 billion people do not have access to safe sanitation. A third of the world’s population doesn’t have a toilet.

The Conversation

Mum of 16 opens up school for 200 poor kids with best friend after raising £350k through TikTok

Teacher Dora Moono Nyambe, 30, adopted 13 children and fostered three others after deciding to move to the village of Mapapa in Zambia to help alleviate poverty and open a free school with money she raised through TikTok

Daily Mirror

Local Tory party refuse to back universal free school meal proposal

The North Tyneside Conservatives claim universal school meals do not address the root causes of child poverty, while Labour claims too many people fall through the cracks to access free school meals.

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FAO: Rising Prices, Food Insecurity Add to Ranks of Hungry

Growing numbers of people in Asia lack enough to eat as food insecurity rises with higher prices and worsening poverty, according to a report released Tuesday by the Food and Agricultural Organization and other United Nations agencies. Nearly a half-billion people, more than eight in 10 of them in South…

Asharq Al-Awsat

FAO: Rising prices, food insecurity add to ranks of hungry

A report by the United Nations shows growing numbers of people in Asia lack enough to eat as food insecurity rises with higher prices and worsening poverty

The Independent UK

MP warns of ‘unprecedented’ child poverty in northern England

An all-party report shows the problem, including fuel poverty and food insecurity, is higher in the north than the rest of England.

The Independent UK

It's not politics, and it's not OK

Māori issues editor Aaron Smale says sexism, racism, fairness and missed opportunities need to be considered when analysing Ardern’s complex legacy.

Newsroom.co.nz

Gordon Brown warns of Tories ‘testing the water’ for two-tier healthcare

Sajid Javid idea to charge patients would undermine NHS and fail to tackle entrenched poverty, says former Labour prime minister

The Guardian - UK

Brendan Hughes: 'Dickensian' fuel poverty fund roll-out raises questions for Belfast City Council

The controversy raises questions over the best and fairest way to deliver support to ensure it reaches those most in need

Belfast Live

Fight for justice: Peruvian women sterilised simply for being ‘poor’

In Peru, approximately 270,000 women and 22,000 men were sterilised between 1996 and 2000 as the result of a controversial birth control policy. The goal of ex-President Alberto Fujimori and his administration was to reduce poverty. But thousands of indigenous women, who did not always speak Spanish, say they were…

France 24

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Yemenis Mock Houthis over Claims of Fighting Corruption

Yemenis on social media have denounced Houthi Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein al-Ezzi for purchasing a massive villa in Sanaa for $1.5 million. Video footage posted online showed one of the citizens mocking the state of poverty experienced by Yemenis in Houthi-run areas at a time when the militia leaders are…

Daily Mirror

Anger in 'forgotten town' beset by crime and poverty after Tory 'Levelling Up' snub

Levelling Up plans in South Shields turned to dust and local MP Emma Lewell-Buck was naturally incensed, telling voters: “Freeports bid – rejected; towns fund bid – rejected; two levelling up bids – rejected. Levelling up is just an empty slogan"

The Guardian - UK

Poverty is a big killer in the UK. Where is the political will to defeat it?

Letter: The cost of living crisis should put Westminster on war footing and inspire political consensus, says life peer and co-founder of the Big Issue John Bird

Salon

Shorter height, lower salary

Though little-discussed, there is a profound wage gap separating the short and the tall

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The Independent UK

Protesters against cold-related deaths carry coffin to Downing Street

‘Nobody should be dying because they haven’t got enough money to keep their heating on,’ campaigner Ruth London said.

France 24

Breaking down Peru's political unrest

Peru has been rocked by violent protests since early December. Back then, Pedro Castillo, the leftist president who had vowed to tackle the country's poverty and inequality, attempted to dissolve Congress and rule by decree. The move was widely condemned as unconstitutional and Castillo was arrested and replaced by his…

Evening Standard

Star stylist Bay Garnett’s thrifting tips

Star stylist Bay Garnett is a huge advocate for buying secondhand and shopping in a sustainable way can also be enjoyable.

Fortune

A tough economy has revived the ‘bootstrapping' myth. Here’s why it takes more than just a good idea to get out of poverty

The very qualities we admire in entrepreneurs are ubiquitous among people in poverty: ingenuity, creativity, and hustle.

Reuters

High power prices drive some patients in Spain into poverty

Jose Maria Casais's 2,700 euros-a-month income from a pension and incapacity benefits ought to leave him better off than most of his fellow Spaniards.

Daily Record

Price of porridge almost trebles in a year as soaring food costs revealed

Supermarkets have been urged to make breakfast staples more affordable as poverty campaigners warn many families are struggling to afford healthy options.

Evening Standard

Health visitors seeing ‘epidemic’ of families living in poverty, report warns

Nine in ten health visitors report increase in families using foodbanks in a year

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