‘We’re proud to be pioneers’: inside Spain’s community energy revolution From Taradell to Galicia, cooperatives are supplying cheap, clean electricity to homes and helping tackle fuel poverty The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2025
Experts discover a link between how much money you make and dementia risk More than 7 million Americans living with dementia — a number expected to double by 2060 The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025
Community health centers provide care for 1 in 10 Americans, but funding cuts threaten their survival Affordable health care was the primary point of contention in the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, which hit 43 days on Nov. 12, 2025. The Conversation · Nov 12, 2025
Over 100 groups call for Labour to fully scrap two child benefit cap: ‘Do the right thing’ ‘Abolishing the two-child limit in full will set millions of children’s lives on a path to a brighter future’, major organisations say The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025
Millionaires group urge Reeves to introduce wealth tax to ‘lift kids of out poverty’ This appeal comes ahead of Reeves’s upcoming Budget announcement in Westminster later this month The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2025
Two-child benefit cap will be lifted in the Budget, hints PM Keir Starmer ‘You won't have to wait much longer to see what the measures are (to tackle child poverty)’ - Sir Keir Starmer Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2025
Keir Starmer hints he could scrap two-child benefit cap in Budget The prime minister said his government will be ‘taking a number of measures’ to tackle child poverty The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2025
Starmer hints two-child benefit cap could be axed in Budget Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was ‘personally committed to driving down child poverty’. Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2025
Rachel Reeves Aims to Remove Two-Child Cap — Is It Fair to UK Taxpayers or a Lifeline for Large Asylum Families? Rachel Reeves plans to scrap the two-child benefit cap, sparking debate over fairness, cost to taxpayers and its impact on child poverty in the UK. International Business Times UK · Nov 11, 2025
Rachel Reeves signals plan to remove two-child benefit cap in budget Chancellor understood to be preparing to fully reverse measure, which would cost over £3bn but could lift 350,000 children out of poverty The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2025
Rachel Reeves hints at lifting two-child benefit cap at Budget The chancellor said it was important not to let the ‘costs to our economy in allowing child poverty to go unchecked’ The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2025
Putin ally who declared poverty had £217m of property, UK judge finds Estate of former Russian senator Vladimir Sloutsker, who died in September, ordered to pay £25m to his ex-wife The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2025
Bad Bridgets podcast about crime among Irish women in US inspires film Margot Robbie’s company to make movie based on Northern Ireland academics’ stories of poverty and prison The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2025
Newslaundry · Nov 9, 2025 South Central 50: Kerala ends extreme poverty, Zohran Mamdani’s win Kerala has announced that it has “eradicated extreme poverty”, a claim that has drawn admiration, scepticism and everything in between. On South Central, hosts Dhanya Rajendran and Anisha Sheth speak to IAS officer Anupama TV, Special Secretary of the Local Self Government Department, and Professor Freddy Thomas from Bengaluru’s Christ…
The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2025 I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2025 Cutting home insulation funding will imperil UK’s climate goals, Reeves told Energy firms and charities urge chancellor to avoid short-term fix that could also harm low-income households
Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2025 Take some green levies, not VAT, off bills to cut energy costs, Treasury urged A package of measures could take £178 a year off bills and more than three times that amount for households renting draughty homes, think tank says.
Grocery Coupon Guide · Nov 7, 2025 Why Poor Shoppers Pay More for Food Than Millionaires There is a cruel irony in our modern food system. The shoppers with the least amount of money often end up paying the most for their food. This “poverty premium” is not a choice; it is a systemic problem. It is caused by several economic and logistical barriers. These barriers…
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The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2025 Gordon Brown calls for ‘total abolition’ of two-child benefit cap to tackle ‘scar’ of poverty in Britain The former Labour leader and chancellor issued a stark warning to the current government
Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2025 Two-child limit not policy for workshy and must be banished, says Gordon Brown Campaigners argue that 109 children across the UK are pulled into poverty by the policy every day.
The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2025 Gordon Brown calls for gambling tax hike to tackle UK’s ‘biggest threat’ IN FULL
The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2025 Gordon Brown to issue warning on ‘shameful epidemic’ of child poverty in Britain The ex-Labour leader will also call for Rachel Reeves to raise taxes on gambling firms to cover the cost of lifting the two-child benefit cap
Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2025 Child poverty biggest threat to UK’s long-term economic future – Gordon Brown Mr Brown is expected to call for a ‘new coalition of compassion for children that will create a chain of hope for children right across our country’.