The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

All children in England living in households claiming universal credit will soon be eligible for free school meals, the UK government has announced. This will improve the lives of 500,000 more children and save their families £500 per year.

For decades, Americans have been taught to see Social Security as a reliable safety net—a hard-earned reward for a lifetime of work. And for many, it feels like the only thing standing between them and poverty in old age. But what if Social Security isn’t the salvation it appears to…

SCOTTISH charities have urged the Chancellor to drop her plans to impose benefit cuts and instead invest to end child poverty as a “priority”.

The leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage, recently announced that if in government, his party would abolish the two-child limit on benefits. This social security policy restricts the payment of means-tested benefits to the first two children of a family.

In 2024, children faced a higher risk of poverty or social exclusion than adults. However, there was a small decrease of 0.6% in the number of children facing this risk in the EU from 2023 to 2024.

When we think about poverty in America, a specific image might come to mind, but the reality is often far more complex and widespread than we assume. The data reveals a story that challenges stereotypes and highlights systemic issues affecting millions of our neighbors. Understanding the true nature of economic…

Republicans portray those in poverty as lazy people who make poor decisions. They’re using that trope to justify huge cuts to the social safety net

Ten years ago I was at a preview screening at the British Film Institute (BFI) of short films shot and set in London. My smartphone-filmed short, 160 Characters, was part of the programme and told the story of me raising my son Jim alone.

Unicef UK found they were over twice as far from the target of 75% of pre-schoolers reaching ‘good level of development’

Almost two million families across the UK would be lifted out of poverty if Westminster matched the Scottish Government’s policies on tackling…

Figures from charity Marie Curie show that around 111,000 people die in poverty each year in the UK.