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Charity calls for review into scale and severity of child food poverty

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

The Independent UK

Ban pre-payment meter installations through court warrants – campaigners

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

The Independent UK

Why is JobSeeker going to be reviewed? Will it go up?

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.

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Edinburgh charity Social Bite's new campaign launched by actor Martin Kemp

As the cost of living crisis will surely hit those vulnerable the hardest, Martin Kemp, Emma and Matt Willis are encourage the people of Edinburgh to donate, if they can, to help those who needed most.

Edinburgh Live

Parents hit by bills crisis making ‘impossible choices between nappies and food’, charity warns

On The Breadline: ‘My daughter is having to deal with things way beyond her age. It breaks my heart,’ one mother tells campaigns editor David Cohen

The Independent UK

Commentary: The world population hit 8 billion — but with a peak in sight. What lessons does that have for climate change?

In the 1960s and ‘70s, global population growth was a huge concern. Scientists and the popular press spoke of a population explosion that threatened to cause famine, poverty and depletion of the Earth’s natural resources. The world’s population had grown at an accelerating rate from just under 1 billion in…

Los Angeles Times

How optimism can close the Medicaid coverage gap

More than 2 million low-income people — half of them in Florida and Texas — are uninsured because they are stuck in a coverage gap: They earn too much to qualify for Medicaid, but because of a quirk of the Affordable Care Act, they earn too little to qualify for…

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I was forced to turn to foodbanks after being made redundant - now I help feed others with dignity and respect

Lewey Hellewell founded Humans MCR after his own 'undignifed' experiences of food banks

Manchester Evening News

Help the hungry in Greater Manchester as we launch Christmas campaign to tackle food poverty

Humans MCR distribute food parcels to the families who are struggling to feed themselves

Manchester Evening News

Competence, what competence? Tory chancellors like Jeremy Hunt always spell disaster

Look at the record, from Lawson to Osborne –they have consistently overseen rises in poverty and falls in the pound, says Best for Britain’s Naomi Smith

The Guardian - UK

Diamond diggers in South Africa's deserted mines break the law — and risk their lives

Photos show the desperate search for scraps left by big diamond operators. But amid rampant poverty and unemployment, zama-zamas see no other way to provide for their families.

WEKU

Millions of households will be spending nearly third of income on fuel by spring

Findings come amid mounting evidence that the poorest people in the UK are paying a ‘poverty premium’ for basic services

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on fuel poverty measures freezing out poorest Britons

New analysis reveals the least affluent need urgent government support this winter

The Guardian - UK

Breaking the shame around menstruation: WNBL MVP Anneli Maley on period pride

As the WNBL launches its "Fighting Period Poverty" round, reigning MVP Anneli Maley hopes women can be proud of their periods, and that men can get in on conversations around them too.

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The Independent UK

‘Humanitarian crisis’: One million young families face fuel poverty in 2023

Exclusive: Almost 200,000 more households with young children will be pushed into financial trouble when bills rise in April, research finds

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon claims government doing 'everything' to offer fair pay deal to public sector workers

The First Minister addressed the Poverty Alliance Conference in Glasgow a day after thousands of teachers across the country walked out for first national strike in almost 40 years.

The Guardian - UK

Scottish social cohesion and law and order under threat, says police chief

Head of Police Scotland cites strikes, constitutional uncertainty, crisis poverty and planned cuts to force as factors

The National (Scotland)

Nicola Sturgeon hits out at 'incompetent' UK Government in Poverty Alliance address

NICOLA Sturgeon has hit out at the economic “incompetence” of the UK Government as she spoke of the £1.7 billion impact of inflation on the…

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Manchester Evening News

'Give me your money or I'll take you to the moors and you'll never be seen again'

When Gary Karucz was arrested, he asked police: "Are you here because I have been loaning money to the homeless?"

Daily Mirror

Tony Robinson says UK care system is in chaos after looking after parents with dementia

More than 700,000 people in the UK are unpaid carers for those with dementia and tackle intractable problems all year round, but many soon face poverty and little or no respite

Daily Mirror

Real Britain: 'Our care system in chaos as those who depend on it face the consequences'

More than 700,000 people in the UK are unpaid carers for those with dementia and tackle intractable problems all year round, but many soon face poverty and little or no respite

Daily Record

South Lanarkshire Council pays tribute to Funeral Poverty Awareness Week

The council and partners is raising awareness around the issue.

The National (Scotland)

UK Government's 'feeble' price guarantee will plunge Scots into poverty, SNP say

THE UK Government’s energy price cap must go much further if it is to prevent Scots being plunged into poverty, the SNP have said.

The Conversation

Ukraine war: how the economy has kept running at a time of bitter conflict

November 24 marks nine months since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. Despite the expectation of the Kremlin – and many international analysts – Ukraine did not fall within days. It repelled Russia’s advance on the capital Kyiv, turned the tide on the battlefields and has now retaken half of…

Texas Observer

At Casa Juan Diego, Refugees Find An Outpost of Compassion

Since 1980, migrants fleeing poverty, violence, and natural disaster have come here for refuge from an intolerant world.

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