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Brits' debts on their energy bills hit record £1.3billion as millions owe £206 each

The findings come with just over two weeks to go until energy regulator Ofgem is due to announce how much it will hike its price cap for 24 million households from October 1.

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak doubles down on plan to divert cash from poor to rich areas

RISHI Sunak has doubled down on plans to take funding away from deprived urban areas and direct it towards wealthy towns and rural districts.

The National (Scotland)

Asda has been criticised for its bright yellow budget range but many people think it's great

While one shopper said the yellow packaging was 'poverty marking', others have praised the new range

Wales Online

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Colombia’s leftist president presents ambitious tax plan

Colombia’s first leftist president has presented an ambitious tax plan that aims to raise up to $11 billion a year for anti-poverty programs

The Independent UK

Iceland Providing £30 Vouchers To Pensioners

Iceland is offering pensioners a £30 voucher to help with their food shop amid the cost of living crisis.According to The Rothesay Foundation, which has partnered with Iceland on the scheme, research by Age UK which shows that 1.7 million pensioners were living in poverty in 2020/20 21, which is…

Evening Standard

Asda shoppers slam new design for budget products that is 'embarrassing poor families'

Some say it gives 'poverty markers'

Nottingham Post

Asda hits back at claims its budget range of food is 'embarrassing' families

Asda's new budget range was criticised by some shoppers for being a "poverty-marker" - but the supermarket said customers should not be embarrassed about saving money

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“We shouldn’t have this level of child poverty in the UK", says charity boss on visit to North East

Save the Children UK boss Gwen Hines visited North Tyneside after figures showed rising levels of child poverty in the North East

Chronicle Live

Edinburgh pensioner paying £6000 a year for fuel bills after charges doubled

With many others stuck in a similar financial situation, Nicola sturgeon has been accused of “failing to grasp” an “epidemic of working poverty” set to engulf Scotland within months

Edinburgh Live

Asda criticised for bright yellow 'poverty marking' packaging on new range

One shopper said the bright colour screams: “We are poor!”

Wales Online

Gordon Brown demands Tory leaders hold Cobra meeting amid cost of living crisis

Writing for the Daily Record, the former prime minister said the committee must meet up to find a plan to tackle the national emergency.

Daily Record

When ‘having it good’ leaves you with nothing: life as a renter on the poverty line

For those of us who rely on the whim of a landlord for safe shelter, there’s no relief in sight until politicians decide to act

The Guardian - AU

Britain is entering a profound social emergency. Why is nobody acting like it?

We are entering an era of mass fuel poverty and ‘warm banks’ – and complacent leaders have left a dangerous political vacuum, says the Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Gordon Brown demands emergency budget as Truss and Sunak bicker over cost of living help

The former prime minister has warned that millions of people in the UK will be plunged into poverty if urgent action isn't taken

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Daily Record

Over 1000 Lanarkshire locals die in poverty as calls made to better support terminally ill people

Marie Curie are calling on governments to take action to support terminally ill people

The Guardian - UK

More than a third of parents fail to contribute towards child maintenance payments

Ineffective government-run scheme risks creating a poverty trap for families owed money, MPs warn

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon accused of 'failing to grasp working poverty epidemic' set to hit Scots

The First Minister has been warned the cost of living crisis will engulf Scotland without action.

Wales Online

Desperate Army wives work in sex industry amid cost-of-living crisis

Armed forces charities warn over food poverty threat

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The Independent UK

Former PM Gordon Brown demands emergency budget before ‘financial timebomb’

A new report commissioned by Mr Brown suggested Government measures fell well short of addressing households’ needs.

The Independent UK

New PM ‘must double’ cost of living support for struggling families to £30bn

Poverty campaigners warn of ‘terrifying’ winter as energy prices spike

The Guardian - UK

Gordon Brown: ‘Set emergency budget or risk a winter of dire poverty’

Former PM has warned of a financial timebomb awaiting families as Labour plans a major intervention to address crisis

The Guardian - UK

Fuel poverty is creating a left-out generation that will never recover from the scars

Only an emergency budget can prevent millions more families from falling into destitution that will mark their children for decades

Daily Mirror

Desperate army wives forced to work in sex industry due to cost of living crisis

One 25-year-old mum of two told how she worked as a part-time escort after losing her cafe job. She said she started 'out of desperation' as her family was living in poverty

Belfast Live

Cost of living: Fears over potential fuel poverty deaths unless Stormont ministers take action

People gathered at a cost of living protest in Belfast on Saturday afternoon

The Canberra Times

Why this Canberra real estate agency is different

For every year they are in business, they will be donating a classroom to children living in poverty.

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