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World Bank says Ukraine has tenfold increase in poverty due to war

Russia's attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukrainian cities away from the front lines will complicate the dire economic situation facing the country, which has already seen a tenfold increase in poverty this year, a top World Bank official said on Saturday.

Reuters

Children’s health chief calls for free school meals for all to end ‘disturbing’ food poverty

Feed the Future: ‘Children with iron deficiency anaemia is just the start,’ warns Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health president Camilla Kingdon

The Independent UK

DWP shares measures in place to help prevent older people living in poverty during later life

The Pensions Minister highlights Pension Credit and mid-life MOTs for over 40.

Daily Record

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Broadband internet isn't equally available to LA County's low-income residents, report says

The pandemic proved how crucial it is to be connected to the internet.

Los Angeles Times

Ian Byrne's full response as he faces fight to retain MP seat

Labour MP cites work on food poverty and Hillsborough Law as he urges supporters to back him in selection battle

Liverpool Echo

Morning mail: flood evacuation warnings in three states, 3.3 million in poverty, EV sales rise

Friday: Towns worked to evacuate livestock and dig trenches as rivers burst, with some areas facing the worst flooding in almost 50 years. Plus: what can single people do to celebrate their lives

The Guardian - AU

Stage-three tax cuts condemned as ‘unconscionable’ as Acoss report shows extent of poverty

Advocates say it should be a ‘source of great shame’ that one in eight people live in poverty in such a wealthy country

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‘Liz Truss must act’: Politicians from all parties back our campaign to expand free school meals

Feed the Future: Figures from across Westminster say the case for widening support is clear and urgent

The Independent UK

MPs unite: Give free school meals to all pupils in poverty

Ex-Minister Michael Gove leads senior Tories calling for a rethink. Adam Forrest reports

Evening Standard

‘Time may be running out’: global debt crisis reaches critical point

Eclipsed by rich countries’ own problems, a crunch a decade in the making is coming to a head

The Guardian - UK

Rangers and Liverpool fans unite to deliver food bank goods to needy families

Fans Supporting Foodbanks and trade union Unite organised the donations to help support city residents suffering food poverty.

Daily Record

‘Lula represents hope’: Brazil presidential frontrunner takes his message into Rio’s favelas

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva promises to give far-right rival Jair Bolsonaro a ‘thrashing’ in tighter-than-expected presidential race

The Guardian - AU

Labor's new plan to slash consultancy bill

The finance minister has outlined a new plan to cut back on consultancy fees while the treasurer has promised to leave controversial stage three tax cuts alone.

AAP

'I've had my electricity cut three times', people struggling with cost of living speak out

The Larder food poverty charity hosted The West Lothian Cost of Living Crisis Emergency Roundtable Discussion for people to share their stories

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Andhra Pradesh: YSRCP govt. is mired in corruption, says BJP MP Bhola Singh

‘Several welfare schemes have been stopped, forcing the Dalits languish in poverty’

The Independent UK

Labour plans would cause blackouts and poverty, says climate minister

Graham Stuart said the UK would still be burning oil and gas in 2050 and domestic production was the greenest way to do this.

The Guardian - UK

Don’t let ‘warm banks’ become as vital as food banks, Scottish charities urge

Campaigners say emergency response to fuel poverty risks shifting focus away from government responsibility

The Independent UK

Charities call on government to urgently increase number of free school meals

Feed the Future: Organisations partnering with The Independent’s Feed the Future campaign call for meals to be extended to all children in poverty

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Evening Standard

Calls grow to give free school meals to all children in poverty

Special investigation: David Cohen talks to increasingly desperate parents queueing with empty shopping bags outside a school near Battersea Power Station

Daily Record

Lanarkshire MSP calls for free school meals to be extended to all pupils following Challenge Poverty Week

Monica Lennon MSP is urging the Scottish Government to extend the scheme to P6, P7, and secondary pupils.

Reuters

Hu Chunhua: From rural roots to candidate for China premiership

From humble roots as the son of farmers in central Hubei province, Hu Chunhua has worked his way into China's ruling elite and is considered a top contender to become the next premier as the ruling Communist Party reshuffles its leadership.

The Guardian - UK

‘Remixed’ version of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s Lyrical Ballads highlights 21st-century poverty

The Refuge from the Ravens project places new works alongside the original ‘redefining it to help people grasp the concept’ of homelessness

Evening Standard

The Standard View: End the lottery over free school meals

Ensuring every child has enough to eat at school is a moral imperative. It is also a benefit to wider society. A PwC study, seen exclusively by the Evening Standard and our sister paper, The Independent, finds that extending free school meals to all children in poverty in England would…

Wales Online

Jamie Oliver says England is 'mean' compared to Wales and has 'no faith' in Liz Truss

The outspoken chef has said he is 'up for a fight' over tackling child poverty

The Independent UK

Jamie Oliver says ‘children coming to school with empty lunchboxes’ in free meals plea

The Independent and the Food Foundation is calling for free school meals for all children in poverty

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