The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Shocking child poverty figures have left the North East reeling

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki recently launched a sharp critique of the governing African National Congress (ANC) for failure to address what it has labelled the triple challenge of poverty, unemployment and inequality.

“Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.” –Joe Biden

Poverty is toxic to people’s mental and physical health, the Centre for Mental Health said.

One in four children in Greater Manchester is living in poverty, but the main Tory contenders to be our next Prime Minister are barely mentioning the promises to 'level up' the country made at the last election.

Although the last relief package included crucial foreign assistance to undergird the global response to the pandemic, such efforts have slowed down. The United States must take the lead in helping those who need it the most.

Democrats say expanded school eligibility is needed to feed more children in communities with high poverty rates.

There is a need to transform the underlying economic principles of the economies in southern African countries to address the persistent challenges of severe poverty and unemployment.

Only below poverty line (BPL) patients are eligible under the free organ transplantation scheme — heart, liver, and kidney — in government and private-empaneled hospitals in Karnataka

Poverty drives the market in inferior medicines just as it drives other examples of inequality. A socially integrated approach is needed to fight the problem.

Garment workers and their struggle with getting their compensation on time, lawfully and above the minimum wages seem to see some favourable amendments in a few Asian provinces ever since the round of petitions and treaties has been signed by several organisations, activists and institutions of NGOs. Earning a living…