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Liz Truss wins contest to become UK’s next prime minister

LONDON — Liz Truss won the bitter race to succeed Boris Johnson as U.K. prime minister, and will take power with the country facing brutal economic headwinds that threaten to plunge millions of Britons into poverty this winter.

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Increase welfare and fuel payments to protect Irish households facing huge winter bills, say 42 groups and charities

They have written to government ahead of the 2023 Budget announcement in three weeks

Irish Mirror

High-poverty schools struggle to earn Texas’ highest rating. Some in the Rio Grande Valley break that trend.

The Texas Education Agency has dismissed the notion that the accountability ratings are a poverty rating. As evidence, they point to districts like those in the Rio Grande Valley, which have achieved high marks while serving a high number of economically disadvantaged students.

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Barbara Ehrenreich never stopped trying to change the world

We’ve just lost one of the world’s finest writers about inequality and class – and the business of being alive in the United States today. Barbara Ehrenreich, best known for her “classic of social justice literature”, Nickel and Dimed, died on Thursday, aged 81.

The Conversation

Tens of thousands of workers could go on strike in coming months in battle over pay, says union

Sharon Graham, general secretary of Unite, says workers are 'simply no longer prepared to accept poverty wages'

Chronicle Live

Sri Lanka's economic crisis pushes millions into poverty as government seeks IMF bailout

As Sri Lankans battle a calamitous decline in living standards, they find themselves forced to skip meals, ration medicine and turn to firewood in place of cooking gas.

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Strikes involving thousands of workers could take place in coming months – Unite

The union’s general secretary said workers are ‘simply no longer prepared to accept poverty wages’.

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Gorbachev to Be Buried in Modest Funeral Snubbed by Putin

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who launched drastic reforms that helped end the Cold War and precipitated the breakup of the Soviet Union, is set to be buried Saturday in a relatively low-key ceremony snubbed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin's refusal to declare a state funeral reflects its…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Parents to hand-wash school uniform to save money during cost of living crisis

A poll found that just under 48% of people with children at school this academic year said they 'possibly' or 'definitely' will wash uniform items by hand

Wales Online

Bones and All review – cannibal romance is a heartbreaking banquet of brilliance

Venice film festival: Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell dazzle in Luca Guadagnino’s blood-soaked parable of poverty and rebellion

The Guardian - UK

Welsh Government plans would take 135 years to insulate every fuel poor household in Wales" says Lib Dems

The party said it would set aside £1.75bn to insulate and introduce green upgrades to homes in Wales

Birmingham Post

Parents will hand-wash kids' school uniforms as they grapple with cost of living crisis

A poll found that just under 48% of people with children at school this academic year said they 'possibly' or 'definitely' will wash uniform items by hand rather a washing machine in order to save money

Daily Mirror

What is the poverty threshold in the UK?

Everything you need to know about the poverty threshold in the United Kingdom

Evening Standard

Calls for free school meal offer to be extended to secondary pupils

"Poverty doesn't stop at secondary school."

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Parents 'on the edge' with worries over how to keep their children warm and fed, says report

Two-thirds report money concerns as number in fuel poverty is estimated to hit 28million by the New Year

The Independent UK

More than two-thirds of parents ‘worried about paying for food, energy and fuel’

Social innovation foundation Nesta commissioned Opinium Research to survey 5,000 UK parents between August 18 and 22.

Benzinga

Oprah's Key To Success: 'My Focus Has Never, Ever For One Minute Been Money'

Born into poverty in 1954, self-made billionaire Oprah Winfrey has spent much of her life inspiring, helping and teaching others. Through her work as a media mogul, philanthropist, author, actress and activist, Oprah became the world’s first Black billionaire in 2000.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on a fuel poverty emergency: inaction will not do

Editorial: Warnings of grave impacts on children’s health from energy price rises should prompt anger as well as practical support

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Energy boss' household bill plan to offer support to poorest households

Ovo Energy founder Stephen Fitzpatrick says that now is the time for action, before the winter hits.

Zenger

Remote Scots May Have To Choose Between Freezing Or Starving To Death

People living in the Scottish Highlands and Islands could “freeze or starve” to death as remote homes face the highest electricity bills, experts warned.

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian's community call to action on cost of living crisis

The council is calling for a joint response to the cost of living crisis with its Community Planning Partnership board joining forces with business and the Third Sector to help those most in need this winter

The National (Scotland)

Incoming PM will oversee 'biggest squeeze on living standards in 100 years'

“RADICAL policy action” is needed after a report found the next Tory prime minister is on course to preside over the deepest squeeze in living…

Daily Mirror

Keir Starmer says phone was cut off for 'months' as his family struggled with bills

The Labour leader said he was not claiming he grew up in 'great poverty' but he understood the challenges hard-pressed households are facing

Daily Record

Dangers a cold home has on your health - lung problems, dementia and stroke risk

More than half of UK households are expected to be in fuel poverty this January

The Conversation

Indonesia's energy subsidy dilemma: how can the government better protect the poor?

The Indonesian government’s policy of providing subsidies to shield the public from the effects of global energy price hikes will burden the state budget. It’s also potentially insufficient to protect the poor.

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