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Millions of families face hygiene poverty as summer holidays loom, says charity

Parents are sacrificing hygiene essentials to ensure their children do not go without as they struggle to cope with rising prices, a charity has warned.

Evening Standard

Railways land encroachment in Gujarat: Being below poverty line no excuse to not abide by law, says Supreme Court

Surat-Udhna to Jalgaon Railway line project in Gujarat was still incomplete because of the unauthorised structures standing on the Railway property to the extent of 2.65 kilometres

The Hindu

‘People are waking up’: fight widens to stop new North Sea fossil fuel drilling

From trade unions to a bishop, activists are uniting to keep the UK government to its North Sea climate commitments

The Guardian - UK

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Spanish response to COVID poverty was too little, too late, report says

Human Rights Watch says pandemic exacerbated weaknesses in country’s social security system

The Guardian - UK

Colombia’s incoming finance minister wants fair capitalism

Colombia’s next finance minister says the left-leaning government taking office next month will focus on increasing taxes on the rich so it can spend more on poverty programs

The Independent UK

Benefit cuts since 2010 increased UK child poverty in run-up to pandemic, says IFS

Austerity-era policies meant poverty among larger families in poverty rose at significantly faster rate, says thinktank

The Guardian - UK

SNP demand action as report finds Tory benefit cuts pushed children into poverty

THE SNP are urging action over a new report that found Tory benefit cuts have pushed a significant number of children into poverty.

The National (Scotland)

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Share of children in material deprivation ‘fell by a quarter before pandemic’

Relative child poverty rose over the same period, the Institute for Fiscal Studies found.

The Independent UK

Hard-up Brits forced to swap shampoo for washing-up liquid as prices soar

Charity Freedom4Girls, which tackles period poverty, said the situation is 'absolutely heartbreaking' as they are seeing increasing demand for basic items such as shampoo and soap

Daily Mirror

Over 7000 West Lothian kids living in poverty as cost of living crisis bites

West Lothian Council has set out an action plan to help tackle childhood poverty

Daily Record

‘Left behind’ neighbourhoods ‘will be hardest hit by cost-of-living crisis’

These are typically located in post-industrial areas in the East and West Midlands and north of England, as well as coastal areas in the South East.

The Independent UK

The Northern Agenda: 'We need a Minister for the North'

Senior Tory's demand to leadership candidates as race to be the next PM hots up

Manchester Evening News

'It will only get worse' – Fears mount after shocking report reveals scale of North East child poverty crisis

The North East has been named this week as the UK's new child poverty capital, overtaking London after a substantial rise in deprivation since 2014

Chronicle Live

Fans Supporting Foodbanks Scotland urges football lovers to unite against poverty

Fans Supporting Foodbanks Scotland (FSFS) is borne out of the idea that football fans can come together, even if they back different teams, to support good causes.

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NDIS less help in remote WA, inquiry told

A royal commission has been told there is less support for disabled people in a remote WA town under the NDIS compared with the old state-based system.

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Child poverty hotspot

Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Tuesday July 12, 2022.

The Times of India

PMGKAY and other tailor-made schemes saved poor from impact of inflation: Finance minister

NEW DELHI: Government's tailor-made programmes, including the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKAY), played a key role in saving the poor and vulnerable section from the impact of inflation, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday.

The Hindu

Inflation impact on India’s poor negligible, says FM citing UNDP report

Well-tailored programmes to ensure people don’t run the risk of slipping into poverty seem to have made an impact, she says

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The Guardian - UK

A moment of mounting chaos: the Somalia of Mo Farah’s childhood

Farah grew up at a time of deep poverty and instability in the Horn of Africa, where criminal networks smuggling resources and people flourished

Wales Online

Child poverty is falling in most of the UK but not in Wales

Wales is one of just a few parts of the UK that have seen a rise in child poverty

Tribune News Service

Cause of homelessness? It's not drugs or mental illness, researchers say

SAN DIEGO — Ask just about anyone for their thoughts on what causes homelessness, and you will likely hear drug addiction, mental illness, alcoholism and poverty.

Manchester Evening News

The Northern Agenda: Our new child poverty capital revealed

Rising rates restricting the life chances of people in the North from the day they're born

Asharq Al-Awsat

Numbers Highlight Lebanon’s Collapse During Aoun’s Tenure

Less than two months before the constitutional date that allows for the election of a new president for Lebanon, the severe economic and financial crisis that the country has been witnessing since the fall of 2019 continues to worsen. The devaluation of the Lebanese currency, which has lost more than…

The Guardian - UK

Being poor in the UK is an expensive business

The cost of living crisis is nothing new for millions of people who have lived in fear of hunger and homelessness for 12 years, says London-based writer Francisco Garcia

The National (Scotland)

Child poverty rates still ‘stubbornly’ high, campaigners warn

THE Scottish Government is being urged to “act now” by campaigners, as child poverty remains “stubbornly” high across Scotland.

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