The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Pressure builds to ditch tax cuts in next budget

A leading welfare group says increasing government support payments would cost less than planned tax cuts for the wealthy and lift millions out of poverty.

AAP · Jan 31, 2023

Why workers at growing number of nonprofits are unionizing

Over his six years at the Southern Poverty Law Center, Esteban Gil watched colleague after colleague leave

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023

‘Moment of joy’ as Pope Francis arrives in war-torn DR Congo

Pope Francis landed in Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday for a visit that will highlight the human cost of decades of conflict in the vast central African country, which is rich in minerals but where millions are displaced and live in poverty.

France 24 · Jan 31, 2023

Tip for Trussell: New restaurant scheme launches to raise money for food banks

The new scheme is hoping to support the 14 million people in the UK presently living in food poverty

Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2023

'Skint' and worn out carers plead for end to ‘poverty pay’ as NHS crisis deepens

Social care is having a profound impact on the NHS crisis, but the sector cannot recruit and retain enough workers due to poor pay and long hours

Liverpool Echo · Jan 27, 2023

Gateshead councillors pledge to tackle gender inequality as report highlights poverty and violence rates

A report into gender inequalities has unified both Labour and Liberal Democrats in Gateshead to tackle growing concerns

Chronicle Live · Jan 26, 2023

Glasgow has over 2000 more children living in poverty since the Covid-19 pandemic

Poverty levels in the city have deepened over the last two years, with those in poverty worse off than they were pre-pandemic

Glasgow Live · Jan 26, 2023

‘This has saved us’: UK food banks on front line of cost of living crisis face soaring demand

As Britain faces a cost of living crisis, the last of FRANCE 24’s series of special reports focuses on food banks, institutions that are on the front line of the fight against poverty. But the demand for their services is soaring these days and smaller charities, reliant on small donors,…

France 24 · Jan 26, 2023

One MILLION kids growing up in poverty as families fight to buy even the basics

One in four UK children, including 1.3 million primary school children and one million under four, are growing up below the poverty line, a new report has found

Daily Mirror · Jan 26, 2023

DWP urged to give early access to State Pension payments for dying people of working age

Marie Curie research shows most dying people of working age have paid 24 years of National Insurance contributions.

Daily Record · Jan 25, 2023