The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Cascading global crises have left 54 countries -- home to more than half of the world's poorest people -- in dire need of debt relief, the UN said Tuesday. In a new report, the United Nations Development Program warned that dozens of developing nations were facing a rapidly deepening debt…

Economy in focus: In Mississippi, poverty is high and water problems blight the state. But Republicans seem adamantly against spending to help their constituents

For many providing care “work is not a reliable route out of poverty”, the Health Foundation warned.

Shannon Burns’ memoir Childhood begins with an epigraph from Leo Tolstoy’s book of the same name:

Editorial: An expected U-turn on further cuts to universal credit can’t come soon enough

Deep dive into poverty data reveals that policies enabling more housing – in places where people want to live – would improve housing affordability and make more choices possible.

The event this year celebrated the work of teachers, inventors and poverty campaigners.

Families of around 145,000 children will receive additional support as bridging payments are doubled this winter.

Families on a low income in Glasgow are set to benefit from funded school age-childcare as part of a national plan to tackle child poverty — with other regions set to follow