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FM urges families to check if they qualify for 'life saving' expanded child payment

The First Minister encouraged those living in Scotland to check if they qualify for the benefit as it was increased to £25 per week

The National (Scotland)

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New scheme to tackle loneliness and food poverty launched in Dumfries

Galloway Cheddar’s pilot scheme at the Summerhill Community Centre looks set to make Mac N’ Cheese Mondays a firm favourite

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Monday briefing: The UK has slumped into recession once more – how will Sunak and Hunt respond?

In today’s newsletter: Days before the Chancellor’s budget on Thursday, the government has an energy crisis, rising poverty and strikes to handle – and it could get worse

The Guardian - UK

UK Government urged to follow Scotland's child poverty strategy by think tank

The Scottish Child Payment is now available to all eligible households with under 16s

The National (Scotland)

Ministers across UK told to ‘take notice’ as Scottish Child Payment expanded

The benefit for low-income families has now been rolled out to those with children under 16.

The Independent UK

'I sold my wedding ring to top up electric meter' - grim tales of poverty-stricken Brits

A new study has interviewed 40 people at the sharp end of the cost of living crisis - and it makes for grim reading for Rishi Sunak ahead of Thursday's Autumn budget statement

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Stuart Cosgrove: Football fans across Scotland are taking the initiative on poverty

I COUNTED them in and I counted them out again. Fifteen Teddy Bears, 11 glove puppets, a few squishmallows and two Grinches, both of whom seemed…

The National (Scotland)

School uniform banks see ‘exponential’ rise in number of parents struggling to clothe kids

Hard-up families are struggling to make ends meet but there are organisations out there helping to save unwanted supplies from going to landfills

Bristol Post

Anti-government protesters scuffle with police in Albania

Opposition protesters scuffled with police in front of the office of Prime Minister Edi Rama on Saturday where tens of thousands had gathered to protest against corruption, rising poverty and a growing number of people leaving the country.

Reuters

'This cost-of-living crisis is a decades-long injustice', campaigners say

RISHI Sunak is being urged to introduce an uplift to Universal Credit to prevent people falling into destitution this winter, with warnings it would…

The National (Scotland)

Number of Britons on poverty pay set to hit 5.1 million next year OLD

Exclusive: Another 1.6 million people will be pulled below real living wage rates, research shows

The Independent UK

'We must fight for our neighbours and communities against grinding poverty'

With Universal Credit too low to cover rising gas and electricity charges and soaring food bills, the safety net for millions of families is not now our welfare state but food banks and charity

Daily Mirror

‘It would mean so much’: parents on the need to expand free school meals

Experts say 800,000 pupils in poverty in England are excluded from free lunches. Parents and a teacher tell us what this means to them

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Salon

What scares me about Moore's election

I consider Wes a friend and a mentor. I know how much he has meant to Baltimore's marginalized communities

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Ross Greer: Scottish Greens have the policies that will put people first

WE can’t stick to the same failed policies that brought us here. An independent Scotland must have an economy that works for both the people and…

France 24

COP27: Renewables seen as opportunities for economic development in Africa

In tonight's edition: As African countries at the COP27 climate summit say wealthy nations haven't done enough to stop them from having to develop their oil industries, we ask how renewable sources can be used to lift people out of poverty on the African continent. Also, thousands of public workers…

The Guardian - UK

Hungry children miss out on free meals – and struggling schools cannot help

Families from ‘working poor’ omitted from scheme, and costs crisis leaves schools powerless to subsidise them

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Reuters

African nations tell COP27 fossil fuels will tackle poverty

African nations must be allowed to develop fossil fuel resources to help lift their people out of poverty, governments said at the COP27 climate talks in Egypt, which welcomed leaders of oil and gas companies sidelined at previous talks.

Reuters

British policies on migration, rights issues under fire at U.N. rights forum

The United Kingdom faced a barrage of questions and criticism of its migration and poverty policies in a United Nations review of its human rights record on Thursday amid allegations that it is backsliding on freedoms.

The Guardian - UK

‘Sadly, this is badly needed’: how Sunderland AFC are fighting poverty

Club’s former owner Sir Bob Murray explains how its charity is helping with food, clothing, education and more besides

The Guardian - UK

Angola urges UK to take new measures on poverty

Call over protecting most vulnerable citizens comes before UN review of Britain’s human rights record

Daily Record

South Lanarkshire Council make progress in tackling poverty

The council and its partners have achieved success in reducing poverty.

Chronicle Live

More NHS funding for North East's deprived areas vital to avoid 'twindemic'

The North East's high rates of chronic health problems and child poverty make us vulnerable to the impact of a 'twindemic', experts said.

The Independent UK

Free school meals criteria ‘always under review’, minister says

Feed the Future: The Independent is calling on the scheme to include all children in poverty

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