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The cost of living in the UK is soaring, with many families now plunged into poverty. This is how much money you need to live in the UK

Lee Anderson provokes furious response by telling Commons that food banks are largely unnecessary

Labour branded his remarks ‘beyond belief’, whilst the Liberal Democrats described them as ‘disgraceful’ and the SNP ‘reprehensible’.

Christians Against Poverty research shows more people are struggling to manage their problem debt.

Lebanon's government and its central bank have committed human rights violations by impoverishing people through the "callous destruction" of the country's economy, an independent United Nations report said on Wednesday.

When it comes to the issue of abortion, "pro-life" Republicans have always been bedeviled by hypocrisy accusations

Critics argue laws are being misused to punish the poor but experts say cases represent country’s failure to care for its most vulnerable citizens

Renfrewshire SNP man Gavin Newlands brands blueprint for government as a "lost opportunity"

The Bolton-born scheme is available in 497 stores nationwide helping fight against period poverty

Fewer than 10% of Marylanders live below the poverty line, but in Baltimore, the ratio is much higher, with one in five people living in poverty. There is no shortage of reasons why the rate in the state’s largest city is stubbornly high. Often, poverty simply begets more poverty. Individuals…

Exclusive: Policy in which benefits are cut to cover advance payments or claw back overpayments ‘driving impoverishment’