The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Getting a fuller picture of poverty in Canada: why the government's official poverty measure is insufficient

Canada’s inflation rate has started to ease up after peaking at 8.1 per cent last summer, but food and shelter prices are showing little sign of slowing down.

The Conversation · Mar 22, 2023

Leeds council confirms £16.8M fund for 'green' home upgrades

Leeds City Council has secured £16.8million to fund its new Net Zero Homes Plan

Leeds Live · Mar 22, 2023

Glasgow-born babies lives are 12 years shorter than those in wealthy parts of London

Campaign group, Health Equals, believe that poor living conditions, substandard education and poverty have the cut the lives of millions of people short and more needs to be done.

Glasgow Live · Mar 22, 2023

Study shines light on depth of poverty in Australia

Poverty in Australia is highly gendered and affects single parents, migrants and people living with a disability at above average rates, a new study has found.

AAP · Mar 21, 2023

Majority of Australians on jobseeker and parenting payments live in poverty, study finds

Report on 3 million people living below the breadline shows welfare payments are ‘totally inadequate’ and action is needed in May budget, Acoss says

The Guardian - AU · Mar 21, 2023

Oxfam’s job is to end poverty – we refuse to be distracted by the toxic culture wars

Charities should be open to fair criticism, but the reaction to our inclusive language guide was offensive and divisive, says Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, chief executive of Oxfam GB

The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2023

Skyrocketing rents, job-style interviews and ‘dangerous’ housing: inside the capital’s renting hell

The cost of London rentals has risen by 16 per cent in a year, triggering a nightmarish reality of no-fault evictions, unprecedented competition and tenants being pushed into poverty. Emma Magnus meets those on the frontline

Evening Standard · Mar 20, 2023

Cross-party anti-poverty push targets ‘inadequate’ jobseeker payments

Liberal and Labor MPs Bridget Archer and Alicia Payne unite in call for welfare boost

The Guardian - AU · Mar 20, 2023

Lidl expands Good to Give initiative to include tampons and nappies to tackle hygiene poverty

The supermarket has added hygiene products to its Good to Give range after research showed food bank users increasing also need donated toiletries

Evening Standard · Mar 20, 2023

Boebert blows up the GOP's talking point

Here are some inconvenient facts that upset the dominant narrative about the color line and poverty in America

Salon · Mar 20, 2023