The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

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 Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2022

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.

The Conversation · Oct 31, 2022

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

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2022

‘Most severe we’ve seen it’: Australia’s food relief providers struggle to meet demand

With power prices rising, wages stagnating and welfare leaving people below the poverty line, the demands on charities are off the charts

The Guardian - AU · Oct 29, 2022

Tom Kerridge issues urgent food warning for 800,000 children

A Liverpool primary school has made a big step to end child poverty

Liverpool Echo · Oct 29, 2022

In Jordan Camp, a New Generation of Syrians 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 squalid camp, 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of the capital Amman, is home to some 80,000 Syrian refugees, according…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 29, 2022

Cost of living crisis 'to cripple NHS' this winter as poverty-related hospital admissions rise

Winter hospital admissions linked to poverty set to soar as the health service faces a surge in flu cases along with the return of covid.

Daily Record · Oct 29, 2022

A testing time for schools to do better

Letter: Helping children achieve higher scores in exams does not do much for most of those living in poverty, writes Simon Gibbs

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2022

Global tuberculosis cases increase for the first time in 20 years

Campaigners say diagnoses of TB – ‘the quintessential disease of poverty’ – have risen because of ‘neglect’ and lack of funding

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2022

Charity boss named next moderator of the Church of Scotland

THE head of a Christian charity that fights global poverty has been named as the next moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 28, 2022