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West Lothian workers who kept country running through pandemic now struggling with cost of living

Over 3000 workers are living below the breadline thanks to rising costs

Daily Record

Nigerian workers struggle as cost of living outstrips incomes

Food inflation in Nigeria increased by 15% during the 11 months from April 2021 to March 2022, adding pressure on the cost of living for salary earners whose incomes have not risen for close to three years.

The Conversation

“It's all a bit f*****": The home of Greater Manchester's poorest kids

"When they have school photos, I can't afford to pay for them”

Manchester Evening News

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Key workers who kept country going in pandemic 'facing poverty amid cost of living crisis'

Many frontline staff who were applauded on doorsteps across the land are now on the breadline, according to a study by the GMB.

Daily Record

Newport's changing identity: The city that always seems to take one step forward and two steps back

With a brand new market and the promise of major investment, where is Newport headed?

Wales Online

Congressmen Upset over 'Assad's Wealth Growth' despite US Sanctions

The US State Department estimated the wealth of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family at $1 to $2 billion, despite the imposed sanctions. The estimated figure surprised US lawmakers amid international reports stating that nearly 90 percent of the Syrian people live below the poverty line. Ranking member of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Health worries and Long Covid have seen 400,000 leave work - new report highlights impact of inequality and need for Levelling Up

Experts think around 400,000 people nationwide have stopped working during the pandemic due to ill health and Long Covid.

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Heads ask ‘what century are we living in’ over rising food bank use

Headteachers condemn ‘Dickensian’ levels of rising poverty at annual conference.

The Independent UK

Infographic: How expensive are everyday items in Nigeria?

Since 2016, the Nigerian economy, Africa’s largest, has suffered two recessions; prices of necessities have soared.

Al Jazeera

Falkirk Council elections 2022: Fuel poverty among the issues on Upper Braes' voters minds

Upper Braes voters will have to choose three councillors from nine candidates on May 5, and many residents will be expecting soaring bills and fuel poverty to be at the top of the agenda for those elected.

Daily Record

Are freebies affecting the economic growth of India?

There are subsidies that are productive and then there are those that are wasteful

The Hindu

Women ‘brutally exposed’ to cost-of-living crisis after bearing brunt of soaring poverty

Exclusive: Data from Labour’s shadow women and equalities secretary reveals women left ‘brutally exposed’ to cost of living crisis

The Independent UK

Evicting people from Tanzania's Ngorongoro conservation area is a bad idea, there are alternatives

The Ngorongoro Conservation Area in northern Tanzania is a spectacular area made up of expansive plains, forests and savanna. It’s also home to a huge caldera – a depression that forms when a volcano erupts and collapses – known as the Ngorongoro Crater.

The Conversation

TikTok featuring The Range’s Fridge Organisers is causing a stir on whether it’s causing contamination and clutter

Some users even hit back at how The Range is allegedly promotes food in bulk when others are living in poverty

Bristol Post

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Daily Mirror

Mum forced to use food bank to feed her daughter despite having a full time job

Caroline Rice, who lives and works in County Fermanagh in rural Northern Ireland, is one of tens of thousands of workers in the UK who are being pushed into the poverty bracket because of spiralling living costs

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: How 4 gangs in Watts brokered a historic peace treaty

A hidden history lies beneath the world where racism flattens lives by creating poverty and violence. Within this history, overlooked stories show that marginalized communities can achieve meaningful change as they seek to overcome years of neglect and discrimination. That’s what happened on the eve of the L.A. uprising 30…

Reuters

Brazil's lower house approves measure to make welfare program permanent

Brazil's lower house approved on Wednesday a measure that makes permanent the 400 reais ($80.58) Auxilio Brasil monthly welfare program for families in poverty situations, months ahead of the country's October presidential election.

Tribune News Service

Groups call on Stone Mountain to cancel Confederate event

ATLANTA — The Southern Poverty Law Center Wednesday joined a growing chorus of activist groups calling on the Stone Mountain Memorial Association to cancel a planned Confederal Memorial Day rally scheduled for the park Saturday, citing a legacy of racial hatred and violence connected to such rallies.

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Reason

The World Is Back on a War Footing and We'll All Pay the Price

Mourn the end of a too-brief interlude of relative peace and prosperity.

Chronicle Live

Nearly half North East families with young children now in poverty, new report says

Figures in the report, which finds the North East has the highest level of child poverty in the UK, have been described as "simply intolerable" by campaigners in the region

Daily Record

Scots pick up 200,000 food bank parcels a year in 'accelerating' poverty crisis

Trussell Trust figures show its Scottish network provided more than 197,000 food parcels to people facing financial hardship across the country from April 1 last year to March 21 this year.

Belfast Live

SDLP Stormont Assembly election manifesto - key points

SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said his party was focused "within every fibre of our being" on lifting people out of poverty

Reuters

Colombia poverty declined in 2021, but still above pre-pandemic levels

Poverty levels in Colombia fell last year versus 2020, amid an economic recovery in the Andean country, but have yet to return to levels seen before the coronavirus pandemic, the government said on Tuesday.

Newsroom.co.nz

Under-resourcing many parents is a choice our society makes

Unconditional government programmes such as universal child benefit work best to alleviate poverty, writes Jess Berentson-Shaw

Belfast Live

No voters have raised Brexit Protocol or First Minister post during election campaign, says SDLP leader Colum Eastwood

He said the SDLP was focused "within every fibre of our being" on lifting people out of poverty

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