The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

The cost of meeting global targets to fight issues such as hunger, poverty and climate change rose 25% to $176 trillion over the last year, with performance on several measures reversing, a report on Thursday said.

The new Levelling Up Secretary Simon Clarke appeared on BBC Breakfast this morning where he was grilled by presenter Charlie Stayt on a number of issues including Liz Truss' energy statement later today.

The pain of an uninvited guest arriving unannounced and sticking around is a problem anyone can understand. Now imagine that person entered your home, spiked your food with depressants, kicked you in the stomach, causing internal (and external) bleeding – and then told you to go to work tomorrow. That’s…

Average household bill set to rise to £3,549 per year from 1 October

In a recent study South Africa was identified as ranking first of 164 countries in the World Bank’s global poverty database. Underlying this inequality is its very high rates of unemployment. Professor Dori Posel spoke to World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director General Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala about why trade is important…

New PM has appointed a team that is historically inclusive in some regards. But how well does it represent the population it will govern?

Enough is Enough is a campaign set up by trade unions and community organisations to ' push back against the misery forced on millions by rising bills, low wages, food poverty, shoddy housing – and a society run only for a wealthy elite'.

Thinktank urges government to blunt impact of rising energy prices, as deprivation levels hit 20-year high

The Legatum Institute, whose chief executive is a Tory peer, warned the number of people in poverty will rise from 13.9million in 2019/20 to 15.2million in 2022/23 - and would go much higher if bills are not frozen