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Minister of Irrigation Says COP27 is an Opportunity to Set Out Egypt's Water Scarcity

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sadiq Khan warns of potential rise in violence over cost of living crisis

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

The Independent UK

Sturgeon to chair meeting with suppliers in bid to ease cost-of-energy crisis

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

Insider UK

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Fuel poverty explosion sees 300% rise in appeals for help from Scots tenants

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

Daily Record

‘Unprecedented numbers’ of pensioners could die this winter without more help for energy bills, charity warns

Age UK urges Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak to commit to emergency support and pensions triple lock

The Independent UK

'I've been forced into poverty and had to use foodbanks because I'm waiting for NHS treatment'

Lily Jones, 23, has spent nearly a year with serious pains in her abdomen, yet she's still awaiting an appointment following her 'urgent' referral to a specialist

Wales Online

Huge backlash in Scotland after man appointed as country's first ever period poverty officer

Mr Grant's responsibilities include working on issues around menopause and promoting access to free period products after the Period Products Act was introduced

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Iceland is offering interest-free loans to help shoppers with the cost of living crisis

The interest-free microloans have been introduced to help shoppers avoid food poverty

Wales Online

Cost-of-living crisis could have 'devastating' impact on attainment gap

THE cost-of-living crisis could have a “devastating” impact on Scotland’s attainment gap, according to a leading poverty charity ...

The National (Scotland)

Small-Town Residents Buy A Gas Station And Save Thousands

The fuel station is now processing more than 5500 gallons per week, and between 105,000 and 132,000 gallons per year.

Zenger

Nicola Sturgeon to hold 'urgent' energy summit as 'one-third of Scots face fuel poverty'

THE First Minister is to hold an “urgent” summit with energy firms amid concerns that more than one-third of Scottish households will be in fuel…

The National (Scotland)

Bin strikes in Scotland blamed on politicians who offered workers 'poverty pay'

Council workers in Edinburgh will down tools on Thursday in the first wave of strike action that will soon roll-out across Scotland.

Daily Record

Labour has a plan to freeze bills and secure Britain’s energy supply. Why doesn’t the government?

The current crisis could drag half of UK households into fuel poverty, says shadow energy secretary Ed Miliband

The Guardian - UK

'F*****g ridiculous' Martina Navratilova rages after man appointed Scotland's first period poverty tsar

On Monday Scotland became the first country in the world to protect the right to free period products in law.

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The Independent UK

The mayor of San Francisco’s long fight to get her brother out of jail over armed robbery that turned fatal

High-profile case touches on issues including the politics of crime-fighting, state law – and one family’s journey between poverty and power. Josh Marcus reports

Daily Record

Paisley charity welcomes new Scottish law on period poverty coming into effect

Star Project boss says this marks "such a landmark achievement for Scotland"

The Conversation

Britain's energy price cap was never designed to keep your gas and electricity affordable

The price of gas and electricity is soaring in Britain and many millions of people are likely to be pushed into fuel poverty. And this is even with an “energy price cap”. Perhaps weirdly to many, nothing has actually gone wrong in terms of what the price cap was designed…

The Independent UK

Period poverty campaigners urge government to extend access to free products across the UK

The Period Product Act makes products freely available to everyone in Scotland

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Daily Record

Lanarkshire MSP 'proud' as landmark law to end period poverty comes into force

Labour's Monica Lennon has been campaigning to end period poverty since 2016

Bangkok Post

Pandemic pushed millions more into poverty in Philippines: govt

MANILA: About 2.3 million people in the Philippines were pushed into poverty between 2018 and 2021, largely due to the economic downturn caused by the pandemic, the statistics agency said on Monday.

Reuters

Pandemic pushed millions more into poverty in the Philippines - government

About 2.3 million people in the Philippines were pushed into poverty between 2018 and 2021, largely due to the economic downturn caused by the pandemic, the statistics agency said on Monday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian Hardliners Demand Vice President’s Dismissal

Iran’s ultraconservatives are seeking to bring down Vice President Mohammad Mokhber, given their constant feeling of vulnerability and threat due to the government's economic failures. The economic failure of President Ebrahim Raisi’s government has become clear to most Iranians, including the ultraconservatives or hardliners who fully backed him a year…

Reuters

Taliban mark year in power that has given Afghanistan security but little hope

The Taliban and their supporters waved the group's black and white flag on the streets of Afghanistan on Monday to celebrate a year since they marched into the capital and took power after a stunning series of battlefield victories.

The Guardian - UK

Afghanistan: NGOs call for assets to be unfrozen to end ‘near universal poverty’

One year since the Taliban regained power, charities say urgent action needed to address economic crisis

Daily Mirror

'Tragic mum is human face of fuel poverty crisis which means life or death for many'

Fifteen million more people will be plunged into fuel poverty this winter as energy bills soar. The Government has to do something. Windfall tax, energy furlough, anything. It is beyond urgent now.

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