The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Gemma Carlsson earns £456 a month and gets £665 in Universal Credit, but the cost of living crisis means her £400 a month food bill and her £260 energy bills will go up

Mark Steel says Conservative Party MPs would tell someone who finds it hard to live on Universal Credit to stop working in a hospital and run Formula 1 racing instead

The research comes as the cost of living crisis continues to hit families across the region.

The former Tory leader said a raise in benefits would provide a ‘shield’ against the sting of mounting living costs

Baroness Philippa Stroud has also called for the £20 uplift to be restored having previously warned that its removal would plunge thousands into poverty

Poverty, healthcare and regional Australia are on the minds of three voters as the country heads to the polls

There is no “massive use for food banks” in the UK, according to Lee Anderson, the Conservative MP for Ashfield. However, figures and evidence from food bank organisations, charities and researchers show that this is simply not the case.

In the United States, children are more likely to experience poverty than people over 18.

A dramatic increase in funding will be needed to eradicate a disease which stems from poverty in Australia's Indigenous community, according to a leading paedeatrician.

NEW DELHI: The government must allocate a bigger percentage of expenditure towards social services and the social sector to make the most-vulnerable population resilient to sudden shocks and stop their descent into poverty, a study commissioned by the economic advisory council (EAC) to the PM has said.

New president pledges to reduce poverty, improve health services for mothers, children, and restore political stability.