The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

E.On energy boss says 'prices are too high' as PM comes under growing pressure to help

One of the UK’s biggest energy suppliers has warned that up to 40% of its customers will be in fuel poverty by October unless the Government steps in

Daily Mirror · May 22, 2022

Boris Johnson to stress work as the fix for cost of living crisis

Ministers remain unable to decide on ways to help as energy firm boss warns soon 40% could be in fuel poverty

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2022

Boss of UK’s largest energy firm warns 40% of its customers could be in fuel poverty

The boss of the UK’s largest energy supplier has warned that 40 per cent of its customers could end up in fuel poverty amid surging costs.

Evening Standard · May 22, 2022

'Out-of-touch Tories think they have discovered the solution to poverty'

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

Daily Mirror · May 21, 2022

More children to be pushed into poverty in city-region without government intervention, study says

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

Manchester Evening News · May 21, 2022

Iain Duncan Smith calls for benefits to be boosted in line with inflation

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

The Independent UK · May 21, 2022

Tory peer who helped set up Universal Credit calls for benefits boost

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

Evening Standard · May 21, 2022

‘We’ve earned better than this’: voters give their verdict on the Australian election

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

The Guardian - AU · May 20, 2022

Food banks: an MP claimed there's no massive use for them in the UK – the evidence shows why he's wrong

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.

The Conversation · May 20, 2022

1 in 6 US kids are in families below the poverty line

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

The Conversation · May 20, 2022