The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Ten years after fleeing war in her native Syria, Hadeel is expecting a third child, brought into a life of poverty and uncertainty at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. The squalid camp, 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of the capital Amman, is home to some 80,000 Syrian refugees, according…

Winter hospital admissions linked to poverty set to soar as the health service faces a surge in flu cases along with the return of covid.

Letter: Helping children achieve higher scores in exams does not do much for most of those living in poverty, writes Simon Gibbs

Campaigners say diagnoses of TB – ‘the quintessential disease of poverty’ – have risen because of ‘neglect’ and lack of funding

THE head of a Christian charity that fights global poverty has been named as the next moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

The COVID-19 pandemic that shuttered classrooms set back learning in some U.S. school systems by more than a year, with children in high-poverty areas affected the most, according to a district-by-district analysis of test scores shared exclusively with The Associated Press

At the same time, the researchers from the ESRI also say that income inequality is at a record low, meaning that the gap between rich and poor is smaller than ever

Australia is facing a cost-of-living crisis. Rising costs of rent, fuel, food and power have increased financial stress for many households.

The Covid-19 pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine have reversed three decades of progress in reducing poverty, according to the World Bank, which is warning that the global goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030 is now out of reach. In its latest report, the Washington-based lender estimates that 70…

Many people are too embarrassed to leave their homes due to a lack of essential products, new report finds

The workshops have been organised by a community group aimed at reducing poverty and unemployment, to help the refugees find jobs in the local area.