The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Free school meals plea for every child living in poverty

Special investigation: Move would benefit Britain by £2.5billion over 20 years

Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2022

Poverty throttling life out of Scotland as life expectancy falls

A baby born between 2019 and 2021 can expect to live 76 years if male and 80 years for women. That’s a reduction of 11 weeks on the previous figures.

Daily Record · Oct 11, 2022

Fifth of residential care workers ‘in poverty before cost-of-living crisis’

For many providing care “work is not a reliable route out of poverty”, the Health Foundation warned.

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2022

Low income Glasgow families to benefit from £1 million childcare funding

Families on a low income in Glasgow are set to benefit from funded school age-childcare as part of a national plan to tackle child poverty — with other regions set to follow

Glasgow Live · Oct 10, 2022

‘The fire of our anger is still burning’: protesters in Iran speak out

Those taking to the streets say Mahsa Amini’s death has ignited a deep unrest that won’t end until the Islamic Republic is overthrown

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2022

Four ways to reduce your household energy use – proven by research

A particularly cold September has given us a glimpse of the winter to come. The cold will bite hardest for the 13% of England’s households that are already in fuel poverty. As the energy crisis intensifies, this is expected to rise further.

The Conversation · Oct 10, 2022

'Just transition will have failed if Scots are in fuel poverty', minister says

THE “just transition” away from oil and gas will have failed if Scots are still living in fuel poverty in the years ahead, the Government…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 10, 2022

The Standard View: No child should go hungry at school

When you’re hungry, it is difficult to learn. But a special investigation by the Evening Standard and the Independent has found an alarming and growing food crisis among children who live in poverty but are not eligible for free school meals.

Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2022

It’s time to face the bitter truth that we must now cut our energy use

There are lots of ways to explain our energy crisis. One is to use an analogy. Imagine a dairy farm serving a distant island’s villages has an outbreak of foot and mouth disease. Half the cows have to be slaughtered. Milk production halves. The milk price doubles. As milk prices…

Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2022

Conservative politician had never heard of 'relative poverty'

South Ayrshire Council's depute leader admitted he had never heard the term during a discussion on child poverty.

Daily Record · Oct 10, 2022