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Fewer than 10% of Marylanders live below the poverty line, but in Baltimore, the ratio is much higher, with one in five people living in poverty. There is no shortage of reasons why the rate in the state’s largest city is stubbornly high. Often, poverty simply begets more poverty. Individuals…

Exclusive: Policy in which benefits are cut to cover advance payments or claw back overpayments ‘driving impoverishment’

River Olivia Rose has never received the full payment that she is entitled to

‘Their time has passed’: Keir Starmer accuses government of failing to address pressing issue of the moment

In 2020, about 79% of homicides and 53% of suicides in the U.S. involved firearms.

Groups have criticised the Government for failing to use the Queen’s Speech to deal with the cost-of-living crisis.

In a struggling Sicilian neighborhood racked by crime and poverty, one team is offering hope. And learning the cost of crossing the mob.

John Allan also attacks Rishi Sunak’s national insurance rise as he says UK is facing real food poverty

The son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos cemented a landslide presidential election victory Tuesday, as Filipinos bet on a familiar dynasty to ease rampant poverty -- dismissing warnings the tarnished clan will deepen corruption and weaken democracy. With an initial count almost complete, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Junior had secured…

Britain is being hit by “real food poverty” for the first time in a generation, the boss of Tesco warned on Tuesday.

Discriminatory chants were heard from the away end as Tottenham drew 1-1 with Liverpool at Anfield.