The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

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 · Nov 14, 2022

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) · Nov 13, 2022

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 · Nov 13, 2022

‘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

The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2022

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

Salon · Nov 11, 2022

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…

The National (Scotland) · Nov 11, 2022

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…

France 24 · Nov 10, 2022

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

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2022

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 · Nov 10, 2022

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.

Reuters · Nov 10, 2022