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Sun Poverty: Celebrities back campaign for disadvantaged children to get free sun cream

Celebrities have backed a scheme that will see disadvantaged primary school children get free bottles of high factor sun cream for the second year in-a-row.

Evening Standard

Bruce Kent: Priest and anti-nuclear peace activist

Catholic priest who held various positions with the pressure group and remained convinced that war was the biggest cause of poverty on the planet

The Independent UK

Sources: Lebanon Central Bank Forensic Audit to Begin June 27

A team from US-based auditor Alvarez and Marsal (A&M) will arrive in Lebanon on June 27 and begin a long-delayed forensic audit of the country's central bank, two Lebanese official sources told Reuters. The forensic audit, to examine the bank's past financial transactions to boost transparency, has been a key…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Poor households paying up to £541 more a year for goods and services

Households forced to pay ‘poverty premium’ most prevalent in deprived areas of Midlands and north of England, research says

The Guardian - UK

Andhra Pradesh: Restore welfare schemes for Muslims, TDP tells CM

‘Withdrawal of schemes has pushed the community into poverty’

The Hindu

Cancer Poverty Link: Poor People ‘Have Worst Lung Cancer Survival Rates’

Around 34,800 Britons die from it every year, amounting to over a fifth of all cancer deaths.

Zenger

Guterres Says Syrians Living on Brink, Calls for Extending Aid Delivery

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres presented on Monday “stark figures” on millions of Syrians who are in dire need for humanitarian aid. This came in his remarks to the UN Security Council in New York on the humanitarian situation in Syria. He said 90% of the population live below the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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UN sustainable development goals failing to have meaningful impact, our research warns

In September 2015, leaders from 193 countries gathered in the UN assembly hall in New York to plan nothing less than “transforming our world”. This was the birth of the sustainable development goals, which aimed to “free the human race from the tyranny of poverty and want and to heal…

The Conversation

SNP slams UK Government after report finds 'millions' struggling with poverty

THE SNP has slammed Westminster’s lack of action regarding the cost of living crisis after a new report showed “millions” were living in…

The National (Scotland)

Children self-harming and thinking about suicide because of cost of living

“When I feel hungry, I ask my mother if we have any food and then she'll tell me if there's enough money or not. If there isn’t then I just go in the cupboards and see if there's something and if there's a snack, then I'll just eat it and…

Wales Online

From New Zealand to Nigeria: the global toll of the cost of living crisis

Unsparing inflation across basics from food and energy to housing is pushing millions into poverty, as our correspondents report

The Guardian - UK

Children ‘self-harming due to UK’s cost of living crisis’

Millions of youngsters are ‘at breaking point’ and many are having suicidal thoughts, charity says

The Independent UK

Children feeling suicidal down to cost of living crisis, report finds

Child poverty charity The Childhood Trust today revealed how children have been impacted by the ongoing cost of living crisis - being left having self-harming and suicidal thoughts due to money worries

Daily Mirror

More 65-year-olds living in poverty as state pension age rose to 66, says IFS

The increase in 65-year-olds in poverty was concentrated among renters, single people and those with lower levels of education, researchers said.

The Independent UK

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Depression, anxiety and panic attacks: charity highlights the impacts of debt

A lot of families are finding it impossible to stay out of debt, according to Christians Against Poverty.

Daily Mirror

Labour's Wes Streeting fighting to pull children out of 'Victorian poverty'

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting grew up on a council estate and says the Tories have failed to tackle the inequalities leaving children in a worse off position

Reuters

Syrian refugee brings the taste of home to Gaza

Anas Qaterji fled Syria when civil war broke out in 2011 and snuck into Gaza, a land with its own history of war and poverty, where he has gained a large following among foodies crazy for the spicy cooking he brought from home.

The Independent UK

UK ‘leaderless but not powerless’ says former PM Gordon Brown

Speaking to BBC’s Sunday Morning, Mr Brown said rising inflation is a ‘global problem’ that needs ‘global solutions’.

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Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon and Patrick Harvie accused of 'flagrant duplicity' after failing to turn up for crucial vote on free school meals

The First Minister and Scottish Green Party leader were more focused on an independence campaign launch.

Wales Online

Children grow up in poverty in the shadow of Wales' greatest wealth

The Principality Stadium and BT Tower loom over the tops of the houses in south Riverside, yet more children grow up in poverty here than anywhere else in Wales

Daily Record

Poverty action is needed right now as millions suffer due to government failure on cost-of-living

A huge cost-of-living summit in Glasgow has shone a light on the desperate situation faced by millions across the country, writes Record View.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh mum 'wakes with panic attacks' in middle of the night due to debt fears

Melanie Kilburn, who is the debt centre manager in the West of Edinburgh for Christians Against Poverty, has said that the situation facing households is worsening

Edinburgh Live

Rise in East Lothian pupils needing mental health services and living in poverty

The number of referrals to children's services was higher in towns where more families were living in poverty with parenting issues the biggest reason for social work intervention

Irish Mirror

Caitriona Twomey of Cork's Penny Dinners says 'there is a famine' in Ireland as cost of living soars

'When we have the level of food poverty that we have now in this country, there is a famine'

The Guardian - UK

From Cathy Come Home to Shameless: how UK TV explains the cost of living crisis

Whether it’s provocative plays and astute sitcoms, or property porn and undercover docs, the small screen has never shied away from showing life at the sharp end – even if it doesn’t always get it right

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