The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

‘Destitute’ means a living standard so sparse, it should be consigned to history. It now applies to 4 million in the UK, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

Severe material hardship no longer a rarity, as study reveals impact of benefit cuts and cost of living crisis

71.6% of women 50 and older have had a mammogram in the past two years. The biggest gap in screening rates is between insured and uninsured women.

It is often being left to charities to try to plug gaps for people in desperate situations, the report said.

Grants target fuel poverty and support carbon footprint reduction

‘Surburbanisation of poverty’ is changing social fabric of cities and widening gap between rich and poor

PM Modi in Gwalior praised the Scindia family and spoke of the Central Govt's long-term planning in the past 10 years, including 33% reservation for women, abrogation of Article 370, OROP, GST, and banning of triple talaq. He also spoke of poverty eradication, India's space station, and gave students homework…

Letter: Prof Rebecca O’Connell and Prof Julia Brannen on the urgent need for the reform of the UK’s school food policy and funding

We report on an investigation into French thermal spas who claim to treat infertility in women. This despite no medical proof that the procedure called vaginal irrigation, is indeed effective. Also the dark side of microfinancing... and how millions of Indian women are now facing spiraling debt from a system…

The end of pandemic relief programs is returning millions of children to poverty.

Census data shows plumbing poverty — the lack of access to running water and/or an indoor bath or shower — heavily impacts native populations.