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Reform to reinstate two-child benefit cap as Jenrick pledges ‘fiscal discipline’

Sir Keir Starmer criticised Robert Jenrick’s announcement as ‘shameful’, as Reform’s Treasury spokesperson claimed the policy is unaffordable.

The Independent UK

How Bad Bunny’s power pole dance spotlighted the colonial legacy of energy poverty

When Bad Bunny and his dancers scaled power poles during his Super Bowl performance, he wasn’t just entertaining millions. He was spotlighting how Puerto Rico’s chronic power outages are a legacy of its colonisation.

The Conversation

10 Things You Must Not Do as Snake Year Ends & Horse Year Begins On 17 Feb

On 17 February, the lunar calendar turns - closing the Year of the Snake and welcoming the Year of the Horse in the Chinese zodiac cycle. The Snake is associated with wisdom, strategy, secrecy, and quiet transformation. The Horse, by contrast, represents speed, movement, freedom, visibility, and bold action. Because…

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Why Are Lord Krishna’s Friendship Stories Still Teaching Kids About Loyalty Today?

Friendship is one of the most beautiful gifts in life. For children, a good friend can become a guide, a protector, and even a lifelong inspiration. In Indian mythology, Lord Krishna teaches us powerful lessons about friendship that are simple enough for young children to understand and deep enough for…

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5 Lessons About Selfless Friendship from Sudama and Krishna

The story of Sudama and Krishna, narrated in the Bhagavata Purana, is one of the most touching portrayals of friendship in Indian spiritual literature. It is not merely a tale of poverty meeting prosperity. It is a reflection of loyalty, humility, dignity, and unconditional love. Sudama, a poor Brahmin, and…

Times Life

Energy giant Centrica announces £2.4m partnership with charity Multibank

The aim of the Multibank is to ease the cost-of-living pressure on families living in or facing poverty.

Evening Standard

UNICEF warns that child recruitment by armed groups in Haiti tripled last year

UNICEF says that the recruitment of children by armed groups in Haiti tripled last year as poverty and violence deepens across the troubled Caribbean country

The Independent UK

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Historically Black colleges and universities do more than offer Black youths a pathway to opportunity and success – I teach criminology, and my research suggests another benefit

Historically Black colleges and universities, often known as HBCUs, are well known for their deep roots in U.S. higher education and proven effectiveness at graduating Black students who go on to become professionally successful.

The Conversation

Britons ‘working harder for less’ as living standards see historic slowdown

More than half of households in poverty now contain a working person, report finds

The Independent UK

Mozambique floods: why the most vulnerable keep paying the highest price

When floods submerged parts of Mozambique after heavy rains in 2000, a baby girl was born in a tree, where her mother clung as the Limpopo river waters rose. The baby was nicknamed Rosita in the press. Her survival became a symbol of the country’s grit.

The Conversation

New study reveals Americans have less than $1,000 saved for retirement

Most workers who aren’t saving for retirement through their employers aren’t saving at all, the study found

The Independent UK

Rangbhari Ekadasi 2026: Date, Vrat Katha, Rituals & Significance

Rangbhari Ekadasi a religiously significant festival in Varanasi and many other temples throughout North India. According to the Hindu spiritual calendar, the date of this important festival falls on the eleventh day during moon’s waxing phase in the month of Phalgun. The traditional belief is that, this is the day…

Times Life

What our teeth reveal about the growing gap between rich and poor

Teeth are one of the most visible markers of poverty: structural circumstances that are individually borne.

The Conversation

MPs warn of ‘catastrophic’ consequences if UK does not pause aid cuts

In a report contributed to by The Independent, parliament’s international development select committee says the planned cuts are too deep and being pushed through too quickly

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Kindergarten readiness varies widely by income, new data shows. Cities are stepping in to help

San Antonio offers a free preschool program for infants and toddlers, helping set them up for success in elementary school

The Conversation

Why cheaper power alone isn’t enough to end energy poverty in summer

Australia is an energy superpower. We have abundant natural resources, high average incomes and one of the highest per-capita rates of rooftop solar uptake in the world.

The Independent UK

Millions remain trapped in child poverty with only 10% fall predicted by next election

The assessment takes into account the decision to scrap the two-child benefit cap

The Conversation

Anti-poverty programmes can change how people see the state and each other

When floodwaters washed away Woudou Oumar’s home in northern Cameroon, he and his family lost not only shelter but hope. Then a government-supported cash transfer arrived. “The money transfer was a real boost for me and my family,” he says, explaining how he rebuilt his house, bought seeds for farming,…

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Texas families can now apply for private school vouchers. Here’s what to know.

Families filed applications for more than 100,000 students by mid-February. The application period will close March 17.

The Independent UK

MPs resoundingly vote to scrap two-child benefit cap

It will be further scrutinised by MPs and peers before it can become law, but the Government has said it wants to ditch the two-child limit from April

Evening Standard

Two-child benefit cap closer to being scrapped as MPs vote to ditch policy

The policy currently restricts child tax credit and universal credit to the first two children in most households.

Louder

"Iʼm not doing it out of guilt. Even if I didnʼt do it, the poverty would still be there." How getting stuck in a "rut", some tempting by Bob Geldof and the most A-list bill in history helped Queen pull off the greatest rock set of all time

Queen's Live Aid performance has become the stuff of legend – we look back at how the iconic set really happened

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage clashes with Government over scrapping the two-child benefit cap

Reform UK would use savings from not lifting the two-child cap to fund a rescue package for pubs

Times Life

Chanakya Niti: 8 Lessons Most People Learn Too Late in Life

Most people don’t fail because they lack talent. They fail because they understand life too late. Chanakya understood this centuries ago. He wasn’t teaching morality for applause or spirituality for comfort. He was teaching survival, clarity, and power in a world that rarely plays fair. His guidance was not about…

The Independent UK

MPs to vote on lifting two-child benefit cap after Reeves Budget pledge

Children’s doctors, teachers, health visitors and anti-poverty charities have called on MPs to vote in support of ending the policy

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