The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Colombia's congress begins new session with ambitious reform agenda

Colombia's congress opens its new session on Wednesday, with a slate of ambitious tax-and-spend and other legislation on the horizon under incoming President-elect Gustavo Petro, intended to combat poverty and inequality.

Reuters · Jul 20, 2022

Child poverty rate drops in West Dunbartonshire - but remains above Scottish average

The End Child Poverty statistics reveal almost one-quarter of children are living below the breadline, though the figure has reduced by 15 percent.

Daily Record · Jul 20, 2022

AP PHOTOS: Afghan despair, poverty fuel addiction scourge

Drug addiction has long been a problem in Afghanistan, the world’s biggest producer of opium and heroin

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2022

Lanarkshire MSP hits out at Tory leadership candidates' 'silence' over child poverty

Fulton MacGregor claims 'progress is being undermined by decades of Westminster austerity policies'

Daily Record · Jul 15, 2022

Slovenia army starts removing Croatia border razor wire

The Slovenian army has started removing a razor wire fence on the border with Croatia that was put up to curb migrant crossings after more than a million people fleeing violence and poverty entered Europe in a huge migration wave in 2015

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2022

Thousands of kids living in poverty across Stirling as report lays bare true scale of issue

The report also reveals that around 200,000 children were in poverty in Scotland in 2021.

Daily Record · Jul 15, 2022

Where food is a luxury: Turkey struggles to survive as inflation rises to over 74 per cent

One subsidised restaurant seeks to help Turks facing escalating living costs. But such acts do little against a soaring inflation rate

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2022

Desperate North East families forced to go without fridge-freezers as energy bills soar

Poverty groups are warning the situation will 'get even worse' this winter with foodbanks being 'overwhelmed'

Chronicle Live · Jul 15, 2022

New 'extremely worrying' child poverty stats details worst hit areas where Ayrshire kids are living below breadline

The figures come from the End Child Poverty Coalition and have been met with dismay.

Daily Record · Jul 15, 2022

Worried about high energy bills, some Canadians risk discomfort, illness and even death

Almost one in 10 Canadian households spend more than 10 per cent of their income to heat and cool their homes, keep the lights on and to store or cook food. For these households, the high cost of energy, which includes electricity, natural gas, heating oil and propane, means they…

The Conversation · Jul 14, 2022