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Universal credit deductions of up to 25% pushing people into poverty, says report

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

The Guardian - UK

‘This month I got £658 but £515 is rent’: the struggles with universal credit system

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

The Guardian - UK

Queen’s Speech: Boris Johnson accused of abandoning families to poverty

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

The Independent UK

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Firearm homicides hit highest level since 1994

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

Axios

Ministers have ‘buried their heads in the sand’ over the cost-of-living crisis

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

The Independent UK

A Rugby Club Vs. the Mafia

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

Sports Illustrated

Tesco chairman backs energy windfall tax to fight living costs crisis

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

The Guardian - UK

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Ferdinand Marcos Jr Wins Landslide Presidential Victory in the Philippines

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UK hit by ‘real food poverty’ for first time in a generation, says Tesco boss

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

Evening Standard

Tottenham Hotspur Supporters Trust condemn 'poverty chants' during Liverpool clash at Anfield

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

Football London

AT&T, Comcast, Verizon, Others Join Government's Low-Income Broadband Plan

Twenty internet providers agreed to help offer high-speed internet to millions of unconnected households through the bipartisan infrastructure law, the Wall Street Journal reports. The companies included AT&T Inc (NYSE:T), Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA), Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: VZ), Cox Communications Inc, Charter Communications, Inc (NASDAQ: CHTR), Frontier Communications Parent, Inc (NASDAQ: FYBR) and regional providers like Jackson Energy Authority in Tennessee, Comporium Inc. in…

Benzinga

‘Poverty is not fair game’: Spurs fans’ trust disappointed with Anfield chant

A Spurs supporters’ trust has told fans who chanted ‘sign on’ at Anfield that using joblessness and poverty as ‘banter’ is not acceptable

The Guardian - UK

Tottenham fans told poverty "not fair game for banter" after "Sign on" chant at Liverpool

Supporters' Trust criticises fans who sang "Sign on" chant during Saturday night's draw at Anfield, saying that fanbase should be better than mocking joblessness

Daily Mirror

Man burning wood to save on heating bill sets house ablaze with open fire

Blaze ‘the dangerous reality of cost-of-living crisis,’ poverty campaigners say

The Independent UK

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Los Angeles Times

Commentary: We mapped the warehouse takeover of the Inland Empire. The results are overwhelming

Over the last 20 years, I’ve watched open land and farmland in the Inland Empire become a gridlocked sea of warehouses. These giant boxes have worsened traffic, air quality, cancer rates and chronic health problems in the region and have cemented poverty here. The industry once touted as a blue-collar…

Manchester Evening News

Millions face ruin as bills to rise by ANOTHER £1,000 this winter, energy boss warns

Around 40 percent of UK households could be in fuel poverty this winter, says the chief executive of Scottish Power

Reuters

A rival sits out Lebanon's election. Now Hezbollah could fill the void

The stakes are high in Lebanon's election. The heavily armed Hezbollah movement has seen one of its main rivals descend into disarray, handing it an opportunity to cement power over a divided country that's sinking into poverty.

The Conversation

Poverty isn’t a temporary experience in Australia. We need urgent policy tackling persistent disadvantage

We often hear a job is the best way to get someone out of poverty. In many cases this is true, and anti-poverty strategies should prioritise improving people’s access to jobs.

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Reuters

'I want change': Lebanese abroad vote in May 15 election

Lebanese in more than 40 countries will start voting in a national election on Sunday, with many set to back political newcomers after the worst crisis since Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war led to widespread poverty and prompted a wave of emigration.

ABC News

Calls to increase Jobseeker and rent assistance grow as cost of living surges ahead of federal election

With the election throwing the spotlight on cost of living pressures, welfare groups say promises made so far in the campaign amount to "window dressing" for those living on the poverty line.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian MP: Nine Mln Families Living Below Poverty Line

Around nine million Iranian families are living below the poverty line, revealed an Iranian lawmaker at a time President Ebrahim Raisi is facing multiple warnings from conservative allies that a hike in prices could lead to possible popular protests in the country. Mohammad Hassan Asfari, a member of parliament, blamed…

The Guardian - UK

Shove over, stale males! Meet the working-class women storming TV

Television has been dominated by middle-class men for far too long. Now, a glorious wave of female drama makers are proudly putting their roots on screen

The Canberra Times

More Canberrans living below the poverty line, report finds

Up to 38,000 Canberrans are estimated to be living below the poverty line which includes 9000 children.

Belfast Live

Calls for Derry people to become 'civil rights movement' over fuel poverty crisis

"We're the forgotten, the unseen and the unheard."

Daily Record

Scots council workers ready to strike over pay as cost of living pushes people into poverty

Unison sent a warning to political parties on the day Scots head to the polls.

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