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Scotland captain Andy Robertson vows to kick out hunger with backing for free school meals campaign

The Liverpool left-back is supporting the Sunday Mail-led calls which would help to ease the cost of living crisis on families.

Daily Record · Jul 10, 2022

'Whoever becomes next PM needs a plan - millionaires are no use in poverty crisis'

It's a tragedy that Britain - one of the world's richest economies - has almost double the number of foodbanks than there are McDonald's that are relied upon around the country

Daily Mirror · Jul 9, 2022

Royal Mail staff 'using foodbanks and withdrawing savings to buy nappies'

"It's here amongst us now. People in poverty are people who are working."

Liverpool Echo · Jul 9, 2022

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Author Édouard Louis: ‘Progressives can’t just sit back and say, “Isn’t the rise of the far right awful?”’

The French literary star talks about growing up in poverty and his mother’s escape from the abusive marriage that haunted his childhood

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2022

Violent carjackings increase amid poverty and unemployment in Iran

Using guns, tasers or machetes, carjackers in Iran are using more and more brazen strategies to threaten drivers and steal their vehicles or valuables. With poverty and unemployment on the rise, the crime is fueled by desperation, as shown in the shocking videos taken on highways and streets around Iran.

France 24 · Jul 8, 2022

Unionists fume at claim UK is 'relatively poor and in comparative decline'

THE top journalist said the UK is a “relatively poor country in comparative decline” ...

The National (Scotland) · Jul 8, 2022

Afghanistan's depleted dining rugs are a reminder of hunger and loss

As members of the middle class have fallen into poverty in the wake of the Taliban takeover, families are no longer able to serve sumptuous repasts on their traditional dining rugs.

WEKU · Jul 8, 2022

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G20 diplomats face unity headwinds on Ukraine, war's impact

Top diplomats from the richest and largest developing nations are confronting multiple crises as they open talks beset by sharp divisions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its impacts on food and energy security, along with climate change, poverty and the lingering effects of the coronavirus pandemic

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2022

Driven into poverty by saving a relative's child

A grandmother took in her daughter's child to save her from the care system but gets no financial help and is now dependent on foodbanks

Wales Online · Jul 7, 2022

Ukraine war helps push 71 million into poverty due to soaring food and oil prices, UN says

The United Nations Development Programme warns the cost of living impact ‘almost without precedent in a generation’

The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2022

Inflation plunged 71 million into poverty since Ukraine war

UN Development Programme report finds surge in commodity prices hitting parts of world’s regions hard.

Al Jazeera · Jul 7, 2022

Steps to tackle child poverty are set out

New report details work across the Community Planning Partnership to mitigate the effects of poverty.

Daily Record · Jul 7, 2022

Inflation Pushed 71M People Into Poverty Since Ukraine War

A staggering 71 million more people around the world are experiencing poverty as a result of soaring food and energy prices that climbed in the weeks following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations Development Program said in a report Thursday. The UNDP estimates that 51.6 million more people fell…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 7, 2022

Inflation pushed 71M people into poverty since Ukraine war

A staggering 71 million more people around the world are experiencing poverty as a result of soaring food and energy prices that climbed in the weeks following Russia’s war in Ukraine

The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2022

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Reuters · Jul 7, 2022

Cost-of-living crisis driving 'breathtaking' surge in extreme poverty - UNDP

The global cost-of-living crisis is pushing an additional 71 million people in the world's poorest countries into extreme poverty, a new report published by the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) on Thursday has warned.

Daily Record · Jul 6, 2022

New £10m funding programme to provide free activities, childcare and food to help families this summer

The Scottish Government will target the six priority family types at greatest risk of poverty.

Irish Mirror · Jul 6, 2022

Anti-poverty and environment groups demand cost of living and climate pollution solutions

"'The cost of living crisis is hitting the poorest in Ireland the hardest"'

Daily Record · Jul 6, 2022

SNP must not plug £2.1billion budget 'black hole' with cash for kids in poverty, warns Anas Sarwar

One Scottish Government idea was to stop or delay a planned £5-a-week increase to the Scottish Child Payment, a vital benefit for low income families.

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2022

Children in England ‘increasingly worried about impact of cost of living’

The children’s commissioner for England urged MPs to take urgent steps to tackle child poverty

The Conversation · Jul 5, 2022

How the tampon shortage is exacerbating period poverty in the US

Tampons have become the latest household product to fall foul of supply chain issues.

The Guardian - US · Jul 5, 2022

Could new countries be founded – on the internet?

Coinbase’s former chief technology officer wants to use social networks to create states. What doesn’t fit into his vision are things like poverty, illness and ageing

Daily Mirror · Jul 5, 2022

Professor Green shares how childhood struggles with poverty have affected him

The rapper is speaking out about his experiences amid the current cost of living crisis, and offers advice on how you can get help with fuel bills

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2022

Tory peer says government has made a ‘political football’ out of poverty

Philippa Stroud who heads new commission aimed at tackling hardship says ministers need a long-term plan to help the poor

Daily Record · Jul 5, 2022

Leak shows Scottish Government facing £2.1bn 'black hole' this year as SNP accused of 'shocking' recklessness

EXCLUSIVE: The leaked finance presentation shows civil servants suggesting an option to save money would be from the flagship Scottish Child Payment

Daily Mirror · Jul 4, 2022

Huge majority of the people struggling right now with fuel poverty are disabled people

A huge majority of the people struggling right now with fuel poverty are disabled people - Britain's largest minority group - as the cost of living crisis sky rockets

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