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PM urged to scrap 'truly catastrophic' benefit cap

Child poverty campaigners in new appeal

Wales Online · Sep 16, 2022

PM urged to scrap ‘truly catastrophic’ benefit cap

Households whose benefits are capped will be left on average £65 a week worse off from April than they would be without a cap, campaigners said.

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022

People are ‘robbing’ banks in Lebanon – to take their own money

Lebanon is suffering from an economic crisis since 2019, plunging three-quarters of its population below poverty.

Al Jazeera · Sep 15, 2022

Every prisoner has a right to file bail application without delay: Allahabad HC

"The failure of justice in the said cases was occasioned by poverty, social exclusion, legal illiteracy, impersonal administration and denial of legal aid. Exactions of poverty are more severe than punishments in law. For them the glorious dawn of the 75th year of independence has lost the sheen of freedom’s…

The Times of India · Sep 14, 2022

America's successful war on poverty

Government poverty-reduction programs were decisive.

Axios · Sep 14, 2022

Mark Z. Barabak: Is Oregon about to elect an anti-woke, pro-gun independent as governor? Or maybe, gasp, a Republican?

Betsy Johnson is firmly behind the wheel, driving through an urban dystopia of poverty and despair.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 14, 2022

Stunning stat: Child poverty hit record low in 2021

The U.S. has one of the highest child poverty rates among advanced nations.

Axios · Sep 14, 2022

COVID-aid programs helped to cut childhood poverty by 46%, Census report shows

The number of children in poverty fell by 46% in 2021 compared to the previous year, but poverty among people 65 and older rose 13%, according to a new U.S Census report.

Tribune News Service · Sep 13, 2022

Poverty and uninsured rates drop, thanks to pandemic-era policies

Child poverty is at a historic low, according to Census bureau data, and the rate of those without health insurance dropped in 2021. But the good news may be short-lived, as policy measures expire.

WEKU · Sep 13, 2022

Census: Inequality last year grew, but child poverty dropped

Income inequality in the U.S. increased last year for the first time in more than a decade

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2022