The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Editorial: Congress can help struggling families by reviving the expanded child tax credit

For a six-month period last year, something life-changing happened for tens of millions of American families: They started receiving automatic monthly payments of as much as $300 per child to use for whatever they needed.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 29, 2022

Tyler Cowen: Fight poverty, not income inequality

Wealth and income inequality have recently gone down in the U.S. and other parts of the West, and the decline has been going on for the better part of the last decade. Yet it is not clear, to me at least, whether this is something to celebrate.

Tribune News Service · Nov 29, 2022

Campaigners call for ban on pre-payment meters installed under court warrants

The End Fuel Poverty Coalition says energy companies may be using them as a 'back-door' way of disconnecting customers who fall into debt

Wales Online · Nov 29, 2022

Why is JobSeeker going to be reviewed? Will it go up?

Starting next year, the income support payments that millions of Australians rely on will be scrutinised by an expert committee, but the government is making it clear that while it will listen to its advice, it won't necessarily follow it.

ABC News · Nov 28, 2022

Edinburgh charity Social Bite's new campaign launched by actor Martin Kemp

As the cost of living crisis will surely hit those vulnerable the hardest, Martin Kemp, Emma and Matt Willis are encourage the people of Edinburgh to donate, if they can, to help those who needed most.

Edinburgh Live · Nov 28, 2022

Parents hit by bills crisis making ‘impossible choices between nappies and food’, charity warns

On The Breadline: ‘My daughter is having to deal with things way beyond her age. It breaks my heart,’ one mother tells campaigns editor David Cohen

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2022

Commentary: The world population hit 8 billion — but with a peak in sight. What lessons does that have for climate change?

In the 1960s and ‘70s, global population growth was a huge concern. Scientists and the popular press spoke of a population explosion that threatened to cause famine, poverty and depletion of the Earth’s natural resources. The world’s population had grown at an accelerating rate from just under 1 billion in…

Los Angeles Times · Nov 28, 2022

How optimism can close the Medicaid coverage gap

More than 2 million low-income people — half of them in Florida and Texas — are uninsured because they are stuck in a coverage gap: They earn too much to qualify for Medicaid, but because of a quirk of the Affordable Care Act, they earn too little to qualify for…

Tribune News Service · Nov 28, 2022

I was forced to turn to foodbanks after being made redundant - now I help feed others with dignity and respect

Lewey Hellewell founded Humans MCR after his own 'undignifed' experiences of food banks

Manchester Evening News · Nov 27, 2022

Help the hungry in Greater Manchester as we launch Christmas campaign to tackle food poverty

Humans MCR distribute food parcels to the families who are struggling to feed themselves

Manchester Evening News · Nov 27, 2022