The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

The stats don’t lie. Australia’s tax system is designed to benefit the wealthiest and the rest of us pay for it

Many progressives protest that they are not rich, despite being on a very good wicket. They always reel off their CV of working-class roots

The Guardian - AU · Dec 17, 2025

6 Reasons the Poor Stay Poor and the Middle Class Doesn’t Get Richer

Here are six factors that can prevent people from advancing up the financial ladder, regardless of whether the rungs have been kicked out.

GOBankingRates · Dec 16, 2025

Why we still don’t know who the rich are in India

India knows how to count the poor. From ration cards to multi-decade surveys such as the National Sample Survey , there are sophisticated systems to track deprivation – who’s getting by, who’s falling behind, who needs support.

Newslaundry · Dec 16, 2025

Millions live in cold houses in Europe: Where is fuel poverty worst?

The share of people in the EU who are unable to keep their homes adequately warm has increased since the energy crisis sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Euronews · Dec 12, 2025

“There is no greater story of triumph than that of B.B. King. I’m humbled to help bring it to life”: A B.B. King biopic is on the way – and it will chronicle the blues legend’s life, legacy and Lucille

The film will chart B.B. King’s rise from extreme poverty to global stardom – and his life-long partnership with his iconic ES-355 will be at the heart of it all

Guitar World · Dec 8, 2025

The K-shaped Christmas: wealthy few drive holiday spending splurge while many struggle to get by

A soaring stock market rewards the already well-off but Trump’s handling of the economy has caused his approval ratings to plunge

The Guardian - US · Dec 7, 2025

Labour’s child poverty strategy is a great step forward for social justice

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Lifting the two-child benefit limit – at a cost of £3bn – will improve the life chances of more than half a million young people. For this government, it is a move in the right direction

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2025

What is in the UK government’s child poverty strategy?

Several elements had already been announced, including lifting the two-child benefit cap and increasing free school meals

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2025

The Guardian view on reducing child poverty: with the two-child limit gone, Labour must go further

Editorial: The new strategy has gaps. But ministers have shown that they are serious and capable of listening

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2025

Labour launches child poverty strategy but hints costly welfare system has to change

Work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden says more must be done to lift people out of hardship and help them into work

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2025