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Charities welcome free school meals change but warn ‘more is needed’

Charities and school leaders welcomed the change but urged the Government to reconsider the two-child benefit cap to ease poverty levels.

Evening Standard

Landlords say homes energy efficiency schedule is ‘detached from reality’

The organisation representing private landlords warned the current timeline for implementing improved minimum standards is unachievable.

Evening Standard

Free school meals for half a million of England’s poorest children

The move, which comes after a major campaign by The Independent, said the expansion will lift 100,000 children across England out of poverty

The Independent UK

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What Keir Starmer's new free school meals plan means for London

The government has announced the major change to free school meals will take effect from next year

Evening Standard

TfL blocks Save the Children advert calling for end to two-child benefit limit

Advert that highlighted impact on child poverty was deemed to have breached political advertising rules

The Guardian - UK

‘These are not numbers – they are people’: what ex-communist Slovenia can teach the world about child poverty

Slovenia’s children are less likely to know deprivation than any other European nation’s. Is that because of what the country is doing now – or its socialist past?

The Guardian - UK

PM sidesteps future of two-child benefit cap amid ‘chaos, chaos, chaos’ claims

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch accused Sir Keir Starmer of making ‘U-turn after U-turn’.

Evening Standard

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What the SNP are trying to talk about as Hamilton campaigning comes to an end

FOR a party that only really emerged onto the UK electoral map less than a year ago, it’s fair to say Reform UK have stolen a lot of headlines in…

The National (Scotland)

5 Hidden Barriers That Quietly Punish the Working Poor

In 2020, 37.2 million people, or 11.4 percent of the nation’s population, lived below the poverty line, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. With many Americans considered the working poor, it’s important to consider why so many can’t get out of poverty. The reality is that it is extremely difficult…

Beating Broke

Two-child benefit cap: How much is it worth and what will families get if Labour scrap it?

Campaigners warn child poverty could deepen under the Labour government, unless the two-child cap is lifted

The Independent UK

Africa has the highest rate of forest loss in the world – what the G20 can do about it

Africa needs its forests for sustainable development, poverty reduction, food security, and to make the continent more resilient to climate change. They take up 23% of the continent. At 674 million hectares in extent, these forests occupy an area the same size as the Amazon rainforest.

The Conversation

In Uganda, an affordable alternative to dirt floors is a big boost to human health

In Uganda, where more than 40% of the population live in extreme poverty, many families live in homes with dirt floors

The Independent UK

Mapped: Find your nearest baby bank as demand surges

Parents struggling to feed their children say they had not heard of service before reaching out for lifeline support

The Independent UK

Voices: With families facing impossible choices, Labour’s should be easy

COMMENT: Editorial: New figures shared with The Independent show the extent to which families are relying on baby banks. The government’s plans to tackle child poverty should start immediately

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Surge in parents turning to baby banks as UK’s child poverty crisis laid bare

Exclusive: Celebrities, MPs and campaigners say the situation is a ‘national disgrace’ as they call for more support for families

Euronews

At least 11 Sudanese migrants killed in car crash in Libyan desert, authorities say

Libya has become a main transit point for migrants fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East and hoping to reach Europe, with people traffickers exploiting more than a decade of instability.

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves set to confirm extra money to spend on areas outside south-east – as it happened

The chancellor will announce billions in regional spending after rewriting Treasury investment rules

Evening Standard

Starmer and Farage in ‘race to the bottom’ on child benefit cap, says Badenoch

Campaigners say the cap exacerbates child poverty and has had a minimal impact on birth rate or family size.

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Evening Standard

Millionaires should not get subsidy for energy bills, says Treasury minister

Darren Jones has said that winter fuel payments will ‘still be targeted to those that need it the most’.

The Guardian - UK

The global right wants to own ‘pro-child’ rhetoric. It doesn’t care about actually helping children

From tax breaks to baby bonds, pronatalists are pulling out all the stops – but bribery won’t build a healthy society, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Independent UK

Starmer hints at scrapping two-child benefit cap to tackle poverty

The prime minister is privately said to be in favour of doing away with the two-child benefit cap

Euronews

Which countries have the highest and lowest pensions in Europe?

The future adequacy of pensions remains under pressure in the EU. Women continue to receive significantly lower pensions than men. Large disparities in pension levels persist across countries.

Saving Advice

How the System Punishes Poor People for Trying to Get Ahead

In theory, financial independence is the American Dream: work hard, earn more, and you’ll eventually rise above poverty. However, in practice, the system is often...

Saving Advice

If You’re Broke in These 6 States, You’re Basically Trapped There

Being broke is never easy, but being broke in some U.S. states is more than just a financial setback. It’s a full-on trap. A quick...

The Independent UK

Voices: Gillian Anderson’s new film is picture-postcard perfect… but it doesn’t show the real Cornwall

COMMENT: The South West is a place of beauty, but also poverty, says Thomas Horn. While ‘The Salt Path’ will no doubt inspire visitors, it won’t even begin to scrape the surface of the county’s real issues

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