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A panhandling study's unsettling finding

A study found that panhandlers received more generous donations if they were dressed in a suit

Salon

UK mortgage rate rises ‘will put extra 400,000 people in poverty’

Analysis from Joseph Rowntree Foundation also finds rents for new lets could rise sharply

The Guardian - UK

Squeeze will donate all proceeds from new EP and single to food banks

Band’s track Food for Thought highlights poverty crisis with concertgoers asked to bring items for Trussell Trust

The Guardian - UK

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‘School milk derision made me determined to succeed’

Growing up in the North, Louise Powell lived below the poverty line. Now a writer, director and filmmaker, with her scripts broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra and performed at theatres, the 30-year-old said free school meals allowed her to “break the cycle”. In our final #FreeMadeMe interview — in…

Evening Standard

Glasgow home owners in most deprived areas set to get free insulation work

The improvements aim to make homes warmer and reduce fuel poverty with the grants ranging from between £8,500 to £13,000 per property.

Glasgow Live

'The Bank of England's 'incompetent' interest rates hike is dangerous for Britain'

Professor Richard Murphy, political economist and chartered accountant, says increasing interest costs will force hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of UK households into poverty

Daily Mirror

UN envoy warns Rishi Sunak against ‘troubling’ austerity cuts OLD

‘Worst time’ for UK to impose spending cuts, says UN rapporteur

The Independent UK

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Charities write to PM demanding more help for households in fuel poverty

A poll for the End Fuel Poverty Coalition suggests 76% think the Government is not doing enough to support vulnerable households this winter.

The Independent UK

UN poverty envoy tells Britain this is ‘worst time’ for more austerity

Exclusive: Olivier de Schutter says cuts could violate human rights laws, calling instead for higher taxes on rich

The Guardian - UK

Ebola in Uganda: lessons from COVID show that heavy-handed lockdowns may be a bad idea

Since the first case of the current Ebola outbreak in Uganda was confirmed in mid-September, the number of cases has topped 127 across seven districts, including 17 in the capital city Kampala.

The Conversation

Scotland's rural communities 'falling between cracks' of UK energy support scheme

SCOTLAND’S rural communities risk entering severe fuel poverty after “falling between the cracks” of the UK Government’s energy support…

The National (Scotland)

These midterm elections have enormous stakes for poor and low-income Americans

Our country faces a material and moral crisis – and Republicans are offering only resentment and false solutions

The Guardian - US

New Liverpool music festival aims to 'end food poverty in our city'

Food Aid Liverpool will feature a number of the UK’s best tribute artists

Liverpool Echo

Schoolchildren and parents shoplifting to feed themselves and their families

Special Investigation: Headteachers and youth workers highlight an increasing hunger crisis among families living in poverty but who are not eligible for free school meals

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Unions call for general election now as number of key workers’ children growing up in poverty revealed

TUC research reveals ‘rampant’ need among frontline staff as 28 per cent of children with care worker parents grow up in poverty

The Guardian - UK

One in four children of UK care workers living in poverty, TUC finds

Figure represents 220,000 children, with union adding many families of nurses and public transport workers also in crisis

The Conversation

Low- and middle-income countries struggle to provide health care to some, while others get too much medicine

Access to quality health care is a fundamental human right. Yet more than half the world’s population can’t obtain even the most essential health care. Out-of-pocket costs drive hundreds of millions into extreme poverty

Daily Record

Authorities from Perth and Kinross meet as a taskforce in preparation for cost-of-living poverty future faced by the Big County residents

On Friday October 28 meetings were held to galvanise Perthshire's response to the financial squeeze that is looming over many with a closed meeting followed by a gathering of businesses and organisations to chew over needs and options .

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Salon

Uncomfortable truth about US health care

Racism, not just poverty and access to care, makes Americans sicker

The Guardian - UK

Jamie’s £1 Wonders review – desperate proof of how far down Britain has slid

The TV chef whips up crisis-budget meals, but his jolly shtick about poverty cuisine being a delight is jarring – even Jamie can’t make meals cheap enough for people with no cash to cook them

The Conversation

Cold homes increase the risk of severe mental health problems – new study

Concerns about fuel poverty and people not being able to heat their homes adequately are not new in the UK, but these worries have been heightened by significant increases in energy costs and the cost-of-living crisis. And as winter approaches, things are about to get a lot worse.

Evening Standard

This is heartbreaking: Bishops and imams in school meals plea

The Bishop of Durham and the Muslim Council of Britain have urged the Government to act on child hunger

Daily Record

Renfrewshire poverty panel led by those who lived it as thousands reach out for help

The group's first meeting is scheduled to take place in December.

The Conversation

New anti-poverty initiative focuses on lived experiences to help shape policy

The theme of the recent United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was Dignity for All in Practice.

Asharq Al-Awsat

New Generation of Syrians Were Born in Exile

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 camp, 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of the capital Amman, is home to some 80,000 Syrian refugees, according to…

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