The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

THE Scottish Greens warn “people will die” if action is not taken as a study reveals 72 per cent of Scottish households will be in fuel…

Many of the states that are moving to ban abortion tend to have less access to health care, worse maternal and infant health care outcomes and weaker social supports for children and families.

Rock legend Noel Gallagher will join fellow singers Melanie C and Emeli Sande at a very special charity gala next month, as the star-studded lineup aim to help young people affected by poverty through charitable initiative Football for Change

Sudanese protester Alaa Salah became a symbol of her country's revolution after standing atop a car, dressed in white, and singing to her fellow demonstrators. Ugandan climate-justice activist Vanessa Nakate went from protesting alone at the gates of her country's parliament to demanding action from world leaders at the United…

Matthew Desmond’s first book since his Pulitzer Prize winning “Evicted” is not just a study of who is poor in the world’s richest country

The newly appointed Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Hani Swailem, said the upcoming COP27 climate summit is "an opportunity" to introduce the world to Egypt's water poverty. Swailem indicated that Egypt depends on boosting its cooperation with the Nile Basin countries to benefit from its resources and reduce…

Rising poverty levels ‘threaten to reverse progress’, says Labour mayor of London

Scottish Power, Ovo Energy, Centrica, Octopus Energy and E.on are among the companies that will attend

A spokesperson for Link Housing, which houses 15,000 Scots, said the hardship levels are unprecedented.